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Adaptive resistance in bacteria requires epigenetic inheritance, genetic noise, and cost of efflux pumps.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Motta Santiago Sandoval, Cluzel Philippe, Aldana Maximino
Abstract excerpt
Adaptive resistance emerges when populations of bacteria are subjected to gradual increases of antibiotics. It is characterized by a rapid emergence of resistance and fast reversibility to the non-resistant phenotype when the antibiotic is removed from the medium. Recent work shows that adaptive resistance requires epigenetic inheritance and heterogeneity of gene expression patterns that are, in particular,...
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