Multidrug-resistant bacteria compensate for the epistasis between resistances
Mutations conferring resistance to antibiotics are typically costly in the absence of the drug, but bacteria can reduce this cost by acquiring compensatory mutations. Thus, the rate of acquisition of compensatory mutations and their effects are key for the maintenance and dissemination of antibiotic...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/748 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:arca.igc.gulbenkian.pt:10400.7/748 |