Escherichia coli populations in unpredictably fluctuating environments evolve to face novel stresses through enhanced efflux activity

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1131-1143

  Karve, S M ^a   Daniel, S ^a   Chavhan, Y D ^a   Anand, A ^a,b,c   Kharola, S S ^a   Dey, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Cross protection; Evolvability; Experimental evolution

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; LABORATORY METHOD;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CULTURE MEDIUM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84929711184     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12640     Document Type: Article

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