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SUBMITTER: Klumper U
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6864104 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Klümper Uli U Recker Mario M Zhang Lihong L Yin Xiaole X Zhang Tong T Buckling Angus A Gaze William H WH
The ISME journal 20190805 12
Antibiotic resistance has emerged as one of the most pressing, global threats to public health. In single-species experiments selection for antibiotic resistance occurs at very low antibiotic concentrations. However, it is unclear how far these findings can be extrapolated to natural environments, where species are embedded within complex communities. We competed isogenic strains of Escherichia coli, differing exclusively in a single chromosomal resistance determinant, in the presence and absenc ...[more]