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. 2022 Mar 6;79(3):179. doi: 10.1007/s00018-022-04153-0

Table 4.

WHO priority list for research and development of new antibiotics for antibiotic-resistant bacteria [126] and corresponding taxonomy classification of the pathogens

Diseases Pathogen Taxonomy group Available high-res FOF1 from the same group (PDB IDs)
Bacterial pathogens
Tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacteria; terrabacteria group; actinobacteria Mycobacterium smegmatis (7JG5; 7JG6; 7JG7; 7JG8; 7JG9; 7JGA; 7JGB; 7JGC)
Pneumonia; bloodstream infections; meningitis; wound and surgical site infections, including necrotizing fasciitis; urinary tract infections Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteria; proteobacteria; gammaproteobacteria E. coli (6OQR; 6OQS; 6OQT; 6OQU; 6PQV; 6WNQ; 6OQV; 6OQW; 6WNR; 6VWK)
Pneumonia; septic shock; urinary tract infection; gastrointestinal infection; skin and soft tissue infections Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Plague; salmonellosis Enterobacteriaceae
Salmonellosis Salmonella sp.
Pneumonia; meningitis; epiglottitis Haemophilus influenzae
Shigellosis Shigella sp.
Enterococcal infections [127] Enterococcus faecium Bacteria; terrabacteria group; firmicutes Bacillus PS3 (recombinant) 6N30; 6N2Z; 6N2Y
Abscesses; sinusitis; food poisoning Staphylococcus aureus
Meningitis; otitis media; sinusitis; community-acquired; pneumonia Streptococcus pneumoniae
Gastritis; duodenitis; stomach cancer Helicobacter pylori Bacteria; proteobacteria; delta/epsilon subdivisions; epsilonproteobacteria N/A
Campylobacteriosis Campylobacter sp.
Gonorrhea Neisseria gonorrhoeae Bacteria; proteobacteria; betaproteobacteria N/A
Eukaryotic pathogens
African trypanosomiasis Trypanosoma brucei Eukaryota; discoba Euglena gracilis (6TDU; 6TE0; 6TDY; 6TDZ)
Visceral leishmaniasis Leishmania donovani
Babesiosis or piroplasmosis Babesia spp. Eukaryota; Sar

Tetrahymena thermophile (6YNV; 6YNW; 6YNX; 6YNY; 6YNZ; 6YO0)

Toxoplasma gondii (6TMH; 6TMG; 6TMJ; 6TMI; 6TML; 6TMK)

Toxoplasmosis Toxoplasma gondii
Cryptosporidiosis Cryptosporidium spp.
Malaria Plasmodium spp.
Balantidiasis Balantidium coli
Giardiasis Giardia lamblia Eukaryota; metamonada N/A
Trichomoniasis Trichomonas vaginalis
Amoebiasis Entamoeba histolytica Eukaryota; amoebozoa N/A