Leaky resistance and the conditions for the existence of lytic bacteriophage.

In experimental cultures, when bacteria are mixed with lytic (virulent) bacteriophage, bacterial cells resistant to the phage commonly emerge and become the dominant population of bacteria. Following the ascent of resistant mutants, the densities of bacteria in these simple communities become limite...

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Main Authors: Waqas N Chaudhry, Maroš Pleška, Nilang N Shah, Howard Weiss, Ingrid C McCall, Justin R Meyer, Animesh Gupta, Călin C Guet, Bruce R Levin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-08-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6112682?pdf=render