Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus persisters upon antibiotic exposure

Bacterial persister cells exhibit a transient non-growing state and antibiotic tolerance. Here, Peyrusson et al. provide evidence of metabolically active Staphylococcus aureus persisters within infected host cells exposed to antibiotics and analyse transcriptomic alterations associated with persiste...

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Main Authors: Frédéric Peyrusson, Hugo Varet, Tiep Khac Nguyen, Rachel Legendre, Odile Sismeiro, Jean-Yves Coppée, Christiane Wolz, Tanel Tenson, Françoise Van Bambeke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15966-7