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Antibiotic tolerance facilitates the evolution of resistance.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 24 Feb 2017
Levin-Reisman Irit, Ronin Irine, Gefen Orit, Braniss Ilan, Shoresh Noam, Balaban Nathalie Q
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Controlled experimental evolution during antibiotic treatment can help to explain the processes leading to antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Recently, intermittent antibiotic exposures have been shown to lead rapidly to the evolution of tolerance-that is, the ability to survive under treatment without developing resistance. However, whether tolerance delays or promotes the eventual emergence of resistance is...
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