MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
L-form switching confers antibiotic, phage and stress tolerance in pathogenic Escherichia coli
A. Petrovic Fabijan, M. Kamruzzaman, D. Martinez Martin…·J. R. Iredell
This study shows that L-form switching in pathogenic E. coli provides tolerance to antibiotics, phages, and stress, with rapid reversion to the cell-walled state after antibiotic removal.
DOI 10.1101/2021.06.21.449206