Asymmetry and aging of mycobacterial cells lead to variable growth and antibiotic susceptibility

Science

Volumn 335, Issue 6064, 2012, Pages 100-104

  Aldridge, Bree B ^a   Fernandez Suarez, Marta ^a,b   Heller, Danielle ^a   Ambravaneswaran, Vijay ^b   Irimia, Daniel ^b   Toner, Mehmet ^b   Fortune, Sarah M ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGING; ANTIBIOTICS; ASYMMETRY; BACTERIUM; CLONAL ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH; PHYSIOLOGY; STOCHASTICITY; SUBPOPULATION;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; DAUGHTER CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE;

EID: 84855505260     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1216166     Document Type: Article

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