Persister cells, dormancy and infectious disease
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- 4 December 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Reviews Microbiology
- Vol. 5 (1) , 48-56
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1557
Abstract
Several well-recognized puzzles in microbiology have remained unsolved for decades. These include latent bacterial infections, unculturable microorganisms, persister cells and biofilm multidrug tolerance. Accumulating evidence suggests that these seemingly disparate phenomena result from the ability of bacteria to enter into a dormant (non-dividing) state. The molecular mechanisms that underlie the formation of dormant persister cells are now being unravelled and are the focus of this Review.Keywords
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