The fitness cost of rifampicin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa depends on demand for RNA polymerase.
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics usually incurs a fitness cost in the absence of selecting drugs, and this cost of resistance plays a key role in the spread of antibiotic resistance in pathogen populations. Costs of resistance have been shown to vary with environmental conditions, but the causes...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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