Mutability in Pseudomonas viridiflava as a programmed balance between antibiotic resistance and pathogenicity.

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Mutable bacterial cells are defective in their DNA repair system and often have a phenotype different from that of their wild-type counterparts. In human bacterial pathogens, the mutable and hypermutable phenotypes are often associated with general antibiotic resistance. Here, we quantified the occurrence of mutable cells in Pseudomonas viridiflava, a phytopathogenic bacterium in the P. syringae complex with a...

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