Salmonella persisters promote the spread of antibiotic resistance plasmids in the gut

Nature, Published online: 04 September 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1521-8The re-seeding of antibiotic-resistant persister subpopulations of Salmonella enterica into the gut lumen favours the transfer of resistance plasmids to gut-resident enterobacteria, showing that even small reservoirs of persister bacteria facilitate the spread of antibiotic resistance.

Source: Nature AOP - September 3, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Erik Bakkeren Jana S. Huisman Stefan A. Fattinger Annika Hausmann Markus Furter Adrian Egli Emma Slack Mikael E. Sellin Sebastian Bonhoeffer Roland R. Regoes M édéric Diard Wolf-Dietrich Hardt Source Type: research