Bistable Expression of Virulence Genes in Salmonella Leads to the Formation of an Antibiotic-Tolerant Subpopulation

• Markus Arnoldini ,

  * E-mail: markus.arnoldini@gmail.com (M. Arnoldini); martin.ackermann@env.ethz.ch (M. Ackermann)

  Affiliations Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland

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• Ima Avalos Vizcarra,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, Department of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Rafael Peña-Miller,

  Affiliation Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

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• Nicolas Stocker,

  Affiliations Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland

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• Médéric Diard,

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Viola Vogel,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, Department of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Robert E. Beardmore,

  Affiliation Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

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• Wolf-Dietrich Hardt,

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Martin Ackermann

  * E-mail: markus.arnoldini@gmail.com (M. Arnoldini); martin.ackermann@env.ethz.ch (M. Ackermann)

  Affiliations Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland

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