Grow faster, die sooner
How growth rates influence the fitness of bacteria: Antibiotic therapy with a carrot and a stick?
10-Aug-2020 -
Bacteria are survival artists: When they get nutrition, they multiply rapidly, albeit they can also survive periods of hunger. But, when they grow too quickly, their ability to survive is hampered, as studies by a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) on E. coli bacteria show. ...
antibiotics
bacteria
Escherichia coli