Predicting the evolution of antibiotic resistance

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Mutations causing antibiotic resistance are often associated with a cost in the absence of antibiotics. Surprisingly, a new study found that bacteria adapting to increased temperature became resistant to rifampicin. By studying the consequences of the involved mu...

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Main Authors: Schenk Martijn F, de Visser J Arjan GM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2013-02-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/11/14