Antibiotic Stress Selects against Cooperation in a Pathogenic Bacterium
Marie Vasse, Robert Noble, Andrei R Akhmetzhanov, Clara Torres-Barceló, James Gurney, Simon Benateau, Claire Gougat-Barbera, Oliver Kaltz, Michael E Hochberg
The paper shows antibiotic stress reduces public goods production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by favoring non-producers, which have higher survival and resistance.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jan 3, 2017Peer-reviewedMicrobiology