Phenotypic heterogeneity affects Stenotrophomonas maltophilia K279a colony morphotypes and β-lactamase expression

Phenotypic heterogeneity affects Stenotrophomonas maltophilia K279a colony morphotypes and β-lactamase expression

Phenotypic heterogeneity on the cellular level in response to various stresses e.g. antibiotic treatment has been reported for a number of bacteria. In a clonal population, cell-to-cell variation may result in phenotypic heterogeneity that is a mechanism to survive changing environments including an...

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Main Authors: Ebrahim Mama Abda, Dagmar eKrysciak, Ines eKrohn-Molt, Uwe eMamat, Christel eSchmeisser, Konrad U. Förstner, Ulrich E. Schaible, Thomas A. Kohl, Stefan eNieman, Wolfgang R. Streit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
RNA-Seq
antibiotic resistance
Phenotypic heterogeneity
β-lactamases
colony morphotypes
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01373/full

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