Dynamics of drug delivery determines course of evolution of antibiotic responses in bacteria
J. C. Crow, H. Geng, T. J. Sullivan, S. M. Soucy, D. Schultz
This study shows that the dynamics of antibiotic exposure influence the type of mutations that evolve in bacteria, with gradual exposure leading to adaptive mutations and periodic exposure causing loss of regulatory control.
bioRxiv · Nov 29, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology