Minimal Surviving Inoculum in Collective Antibiotic Resistance
ABSTRACT A common strategy used by bacteria to resist antibiotics is enzymatic degradation or modification. This reduces the antibiotic threat in the environment and is therefore potentially a collective mechanism that also enhances the survival of nearby cells. Collective resistance is of clinical...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-04-01
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Series: | mBio |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.02456-22 |