Active maintenance of proton motive force mediates starvation-induced bacterial antibiotic tolerance in Escherichia coli

The proton motive force (PMF) is a critical electrochemical gradient involved in bacterial energy metabolism. Here, Miaomiao Wang, Edward Wai Chi Chan et al. demonstrate that the PMF plays a key role in starvation-induced antibiotic tolerance in E. coli, suggesting that PMF disruption could be a fut...

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Main Authors: Miaomiao Wang, Edward Wai Chi Chan, Yingkun Wan, Marcus Ho-yin Wong, Sheng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02612-1