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(See R.A. Sorg et al., “Collective resistance in microbial communities by intracellular antibiotic deactivation,” PLOS Biology, doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2000631, 2016.)
Image of the Day: A Little Help
Wild-type bacteria (black) can survive and grow in the presence of an antibiotic when surrounded by enough antibiotic-resistant bacteria (green).
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