A Physiological Basis for Nonheritable Antibiotic Resistance
ABSTRACT 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...
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| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2020-06-01
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| Series: | mBio |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00817-20 |