Techniques and applications: Shining a light on persisters

Nature Reviews Microbiology 14, 729 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.173 Author: Ursula Hofer Persister cells can survive antibiotic treatment despite being genetically identical to sensitive cells. Persistence is a particular problem for the treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; however, so far there was no straightforward way to identify and quantify persisters of this bacterium. Jain et al.
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