Evolution of high-level resistance during low-level antibiotic exposure

Mutational antibiotic resistance can emerge under either high or low antibiotic levels. Here, the authors show several small-effect resistance mutations are combined to confer high-level resistance in Salmonella enterica exposed to sub-MIC levels of streptomycin.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Erik Wistrand-Yuen, Michael Knopp, Karin Hjort, Sanna Koskiniemi, Otto G. Berg, Dan I. Andersson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04059-1