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Live to cheat another day: bacterial dormancy facilitates the social exploitation of β-lactamases

The breakdown of antibiotics by β-lactamases may be cooperative, since resistant cells can detoxify their environment and facilitate the growth of susceptible neighbours. However, previous studies of this phenomenon have used artificial bacterial vectors or engineered bacteria to increase the secret...

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Autores principales: Medaney, Frances, Dimitriu, Tatiana, Ellis, Richard J, Raymond, Ben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4817691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26505830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.154