Bacterial Persistence as a Phenotypic Switch

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Summary

Investigating the persistence of single cells of Escherichia coli with the use of microfluidic devices found phenotypic switching occurred between normally growing cells and persister cells having reduced growth rates, leading to a simple mathematical description of the persistence switch.

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2004-09-10
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Persistence (discontinuity), Biology, Multidrug tolerance, Phenotype, Homogeneous

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