The killing of human gut commensal E. coli ED1a by tetracycline is associated with severe ribosome dysfunction
I. Khusainov, N. Romanov, C. Goemans, B. Turonova, C. E. Zimmerli, S. Welsch, J. Langer, A. Typas, M. Beck
The paper examines how tetracycline affects ribosome function in two E. coli strains, showing different outcomes based on the antibiotic's bacteriostatic or bactericidal effect.
bioRxiv · Jul 6, 2023Biophysics