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Is Bacterial Persistence a Social Trait?

The ability of bacteria to evolve resistance to antibiotics has been much reported in recent years. It is less well-known that within populations of bacteria there are cells which are resistant due to a non-inherited phenotypic switch to a slow-growing state. Although such ‘persister’ cells are rece...

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Autores principales: Gardner, Andy, West, Stuart A., Griffin, Ashleigh S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1937027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17710151
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000752