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Persister

persister

That which, or one who, is capable of persistence; especially a bacteria that exhibits microbial persistence.


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Antibiotic effect

... (ampicillin, penicillin etc) work like this: if the bacteria divide, then they will die. But if the bacteria just sit there (it is called a persister state) without dividing then they will be quite fine, even if they are not resistant to the antibiotic. The reason for this is that these ...

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by MrMistery
Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:35 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Antibiotic effect
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