%0 Journal Article %1 Youk2010Microbiology %A Youk, Hyun %A van Oudenaarden, Alexander %D 2010 %I Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved. %J Nature %K commentary cooperation drug-resistance evolution %N 7311 %P 34--35 %R 10.1038/467034a %T Microbiology: Altruistic defence %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/467034a %V 467 %X A charitable deed by a few cells in a bacterial culture can help the rest of that population survive in the presence of antibiotics. This finding can aid further research into a major problem in public health. Bacterial resistance to an antibiotic arises when mutations in the DNA of a few cells in a bacterial population enable them to fend off the harmful effects of the antibiotic. This gives such cells a selective growth advantage through, for example, being able to pump out the antibiotic faster than it can kill them.

@article{Youk2010Microbiology, abstract = {A charitable deed by a few cells in a bacterial culture can help the rest of that population survive in the presence of antibiotics. This finding can aid further research into a major problem in public health. Bacterial resistance to an antibiotic arises when mutations in the {DNA} of a few cells in a bacterial population enable them to fend off the harmful effects of the antibiotic. This gives such cells a selective growth advantage through, for example, being able to pump out the antibiotic faster than it can kill them.}, added-at = {2018-12-02T16:09:07.000+0100}, author = {Youk, Hyun and van Oudenaarden, Alexander}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2131f32f09e1dbd3bcba7cb65d9f735cc/karthikraman}, citeulike-article-id = {7755028}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/467034a}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/467034a}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20811443}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=20811443}, day = 2, doi = {10.1038/467034a}, interhash = {815fb25141203980273d5bbecef1d7e8}, intrahash = {131f32f09e1dbd3bcba7cb65d9f735cc}, issn = {0028-0836}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {commentary cooperation drug-resistance evolution}, month = sep, number = 7311, pages = {34--35}, pmid = {20811443}, posted-at = {2010-09-14 13:41:46}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.}, timestamp = {2018-12-02T16:09:07.000+0100}, title = {Microbiology: Altruistic defence}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/467034a}, volume = 467, year = 2010 }