Pervasive selection for and against antibiotic resistance in inhomogeneous multistress environments

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Chait, Remy ^a,b   Palmer, Adam C ^a   Yelin, Idan ^c   Kishony, Roy ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; NITROFURANTOIN; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; INHIBITION; TOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 84955593678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10333     Document Type: Article

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