Nasty Prophages and the Dynamics of Antibiotic-Tolerant Persister Cells
A. Harms, C. Fino, M. A. Sorensen, S. Semsey, K. Gerdes
This study reevaluates persister cell formation in E. coli by refining experimental methods to eliminate artifacts from prophages and culture conditions, confirming the role of (p)ppGpp and Lon but refuting TA modules.
mBio · Dec 29, 2017Peer-reviewedMicrobiology