Persistence and reversal of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance

In the absence of antibiotic-mediated selection, sensitive bacteria are expected to displace their resistant counterparts if resistance genes are costly. However, many resistance genes persist for long periods in the absence of antibiotics. Horizontal gene transfer (primarily conjugation) could expl...

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Autores principales: Lopatkin, Allison J., Meredith, Hannah R., Srimani, Jaydeep K., Pfeiffer, Connor, Durrett, Rick, You, Lingchong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5698434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29162798
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01532-1