Heterogeneous Flagellar Expression in Single Salmonella Cells Promotes Diversity in Antibiotic Tolerance

mBio (Oct 2021)

Affiliations

Zhihui Lyu: Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Angela Yang: Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Patricia Villanueva: Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Abhyudai Singh: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
Jiqiang Ling: ORCiD; Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance and tolerance pose a severe threat to human health. How bacterial pathogens acquire antibiotic tolerance is not clear.