A Physiological Basis for Nonheritable Antibiotic Resistance

Antibiotics constitute one of the cornerstones of modern medicine. However, individuals may succumb to a bacterial infection if a pathogen survives exposure to antibiotics. The ability of bacteria to survive bactericidal antibiotics results from genetic changes in the preexisting bacterial genome, f...

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Main Authors: Mauricio H. Pontes, Eduardo A. Groisman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-06-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00817-20