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Bacterial charity work leads to population-wide resistance.
Nature - 2 Sept 2010
Lee Henry H, Molla Michael N, Cantor Charles R, Collins James J
Abstract excerpt
Bacteria show remarkable adaptability in the face of antibiotic therapeutics. Resistance alleles in drug target-specific sites and general stress responses have been identified in individual end-point isolates. Less is known, however, about the population dynamics during the development of antibiotic-resistant strains. Here we follow a continuous culture of Escherichia coli facing increasing levels of antibiotic...
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