| Literature DB >> 22200772 |
Adam Z Rosenthal1, Michael B Elowitz.
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A new study reports the development of the 'morbidostat', a device that allows for continuous culture of bacteria under a constant drug selection pressure using computer feedback control of antibiotic concentration. This device, together with bacterial whole-genome sequencing, allowed the authors to follow the evolution of resistance-conferring mutations in Escherichia coli populations in real time, providing support for deterministic evolution of resistance in some situations.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22200772 DOI: 10.1038/ng.1048
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN: 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330