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Beyond Resistance: Phenotypic Plasticity in Bacterial Responses to Antibiotics, Oxidative Stress and Antimicrobial Photodynamic Inactivation.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 6 Feb 2026
Rapacka-Zdonczyk Aleksandra
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The global challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been framed primarily in terms of genetic resistance mechanisms. Nevertheless, bacteria can also survive antimicrobial stress through phenotypic plasticity, resulting in transient, non-genetic states such as tolerance, persistence, and population-level resilience. These phenotypic states complicate diagnostic efforts, diminish antibiotic efficacy, and...
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