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Staphylococcus aureus persisters tolerant to bactericidal antibiotics.
Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Jan 2012
Lechner Sabrina, Lewis Kim, Bertram Ralph
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial persister cells are non- or slow-growing reversible phenotypic variants of the wild type, tolerant to bactericidal antibiotics. We analyzed here Staphylococcus aureus persister levels by monitoring colony-forming unit counts of planktonically grown cells treated with six different antimicrobials over time. The model laboratory strains HG001-HG003, SA113 and the small colony variant (SCV) strains hemB...
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