Evolution of antibiotic resistance by human and bacterial niche construction.
Antibiotic treatment by humans generates strong viability selection for antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. The frequency of host antibiotic use often determines the strength of this selection, and changing patterns of antibiotic use can generate many types of behaviors in the population dynamic...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2005
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