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Efflux pump activity potentiates the evolution of antibiotic resistance across S. aureus isolates.
Nature communications - 7 Aug 2020
Papkou Andrei, Hedge Jessica, Kapel Natalia, Young Bernadette, MacLean R Craig
Abstract excerpt
The rise of antibiotic resistance in many bacterial pathogens has been driven by the spread of a few successful strains, suggesting that some bacteria are genetically pre-disposed to evolving resistance. Here, we test this hypothesis by challenging a diverse set of 222 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus with the antibiotic ciprofloxacin in a large-scale evolution experiment. We find that a single efflux pump,...
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