The power of dying slowly - persistence as unintentional dormancy
J. S. Rebelo, C. P. F. Domingues, F. Monteiro, T. Nogueira, F. Dionisio
This paper simulates bacterial persister decay under indirect resistance and finds the decay follows a power-law with exponent -2, supporting the hypothesis that persistence results from inadvertent cell errors.
bioRxiv · Jan 20, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology