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A growth-survival trade-off quantitatively predicts microbial selection under periodic disinfection

2026-05-02

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<h4> A bstract </h4> Microbial populations frequently experience periodic lethal stresses from natural and anthropogenic sources, including routine disinfection in clinical, industrial, and domestic environments. However, periodic disinfection can rapidly select for tolerant strains with increased survival but reduced growth during permissive conditions, creating a trade-off that shapes competitive outcomes in...

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Literature Corpus work: 9007994b-5022-51c6-ae86-0df92a889540
DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.30.721825

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