MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Antibiotic heteroresistance generated by multi-copy plasmids
J. Hernandez-Beltran, J. Rodriguez-Beltran, B. Aguilar-Luviano…·R. Pena-Miller
This study shows that multi-copy plasmids in E. coli generate antibiotic heteroresistance through copy number variability, enabling transient resistance and population regeneration.