MazEF-rifampicin interaction suggests a mechanism for rifampicin induced inhibition of persisters

Persistence is a natural phenomenon whereby a subset of a population of isogenic bacteria either grow slow or become dormant conferring them with the ability to withstand various stresses including antibiotics...

Source: BMC Cell Biology - October 27, 2020 Category: Cytology Authors: Cyrus Alexander, Ankeeta Guru, Pinkilata Pradhan, Sunanda Mallick, Nimai Charan Mahanandia, Bharat Bhusan Subudhi and Tushar Kant Beuria Tags: Research article Source Type: research