Ecological effects of stress drive bacterial evolvability under sub-inhibitory antibiotic treatments
Abstract Stress is thought to increase mutation rate and thus to accelerate evolution. In the context of antibiotic resistance, sub-inhibitory treatments could then lead to enhanced evolvability, thereby fuelling the adaptation of pathogens. Combining wet-lab experiments, stochastic simulations and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2022-09-01
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| Series: | ISME Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-022-00157-w |