Bacterial cheating drives the population dynamics of cooperative antibiotic resistance plasmids
Abstract Inactivation of β‐lactam antibiotics by resistant bacteria is a ‘cooperative’ behavior that may allow sensitive bacteria to survive antibiotic treatment. However, the factors that determine the fraction of resistant cells in the bacterial population remain unclear, indicating a fundamental...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2013-08-01
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| Series: | Molecular Systems Biology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2013.39 |