Bacteria under antibiotic attack: Different strategies for evolutionary adaptation

Etthel M. Windels; Bram Van den Bergh; Jan Michiels

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1008431

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Bacteria under antibiotic attack: Different strategies for evolutionary adaptation

Etthel M. Windels,

Affiliations VIB Center for Microbiology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2106-6765

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Bram Van den Bergh,

Affiliations VIB Center for Microbiology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4429-9780

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Jan Michiels

* E-mail: jan.michiels@kuleuven.vib.be

Affiliations VIB Center for Microbiology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5829-0897

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Bacteria under antibiotic attack: Different strategies for evolutionary adaptation

Etthel M. Windels,
Bram Van den Bergh,
Jan Michiels

Published: May 7, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008431

About the Authors

Etthel M. Windels

Affiliations VIB Center for Microbiology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2106-6765

Bram Van den Bergh

Affiliations VIB Center for Microbiology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4429-9780

Jan Michiels

* E-mail: jan.michiels@kuleuven.vib.be

Affiliations VIB Center for Microbiology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5829-0897

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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