Evolution of Bacterial Persistence to Antibiotics during a 50,000-Generation Experiment in an Antibiotic-Free Environment
Failure of antibiotic therapies causes > 700,000 deaths yearly and involves both bacterial resistance and persistence. Persistence results in the relapse of infections by producing a tiny frac-tion of pathogen survivors that stay dormant during antibiotic exposure. From an evolutionary per-specti...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI
2022
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