Bacteria primed by antimicrobial peptides develop tolerance and persist
A. Rodriguez Rojas, D. Y. Baeder, P. R. Johnston, R. R. Regoes, J. Rolff
This study shows that prior exposure to sublethal doses of antimicrobial peptides increases bacterial survival and promotes resistance evolution in E. coli through mechanisms like curli or colanic acid production.
bioRxiv · May 19, 2020Evolutionary Biology