Bacterial evolution and the cost of antibiotic resistance

International Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 265-270

  Lenski, Richard E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Compensatory mutations; Evolution; Fitness; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMID; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0032228069     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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