Bioenergetic stress potentiates antimicrobial resistance and persistence

Abstract The bactericidal action of some antibiotics is associated with increased ATP consumption, cellular respiration, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation. Here, we investigate the effects of ‘bioenergetic stress’, induced by constitutive hydrolysis of ATP and NADH, on antibiotic efficacy...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Barry Li, Shivani Srivastava, Mustafa Shaikh, Gautam Mereddy, Madison R. Garcia, Eric N. Chiles, Avi Shah, Boatema Ofori-Anyinam, Ting-Yu Chu, Nicole J. Cheney, Douglas McCloskey, Xiaoyang Su, Jason H. Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-06-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60302-6