A research published in BioMed Central's open access journal iBMC Evolutionary Biology/i finds that bacteria become resistant to antibiotics when stressed. In particular iE. coli/i grown at high temperatures become resistant to rifampicin. It is generally thought that antibiotic resistance is costly to maintain, for example mutations which reduce antibiotic uptake also restrict the amount of nutrients entering the cell. Consequently in the absence ...Saturday, 23 February 2013
Bacteria Become Resistant to Antibiotics When Stressed
A research published in BioMed Central's open access journal iBMC Evolutionary Biology/i finds that bacteria become resistant to antibiotics when stressed. In particular iE. coli/i grown at high temperatures become resistant to rifampicin. It is generally thought that antibiotic resistance is costly to maintain, for example mutations which reduce antibiotic uptake also restrict the amount of nutrients entering the cell. Consequently in the absence ...
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