Persister formation in Staphylococcus aureus is associated with ATP depletion

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Conlon, Brian P ^a   Rowe, Sarah E ^a,b   Gandt, Autumn Brown ^a   Nuxoll, Austin S ^a   Donegan, Niles P ^c   Zalis, Eliza A ^a   Clair, Geremy ^d   Adkins, Joshua N ^d   Cheung, Ambrose L ^c   Lewis, Kim ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYNLOGIC   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL DENSITY; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PERSISTER; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG TOLERANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG TOLERANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84978122872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.51     Document Type: Article

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