Bacterial evolution during human infection: Adapt and live or adapt and die

Matthew J. Culyba; Daria Van Tyne

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1009872

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Bacterial evolution during human infection: Adapt and live or adapt and die

Matthew J. Culyba,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8327-4135

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Daria Van Tyne

* E-mail: vantyne@pitt.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Bacterial evolution during human infection: Adapt and live or adapt and die

Matthew J. Culyba,
Daria Van Tyne

Published: September 9, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009872

About the Authors

Matthew J. Culyba

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8327-4135

Daria Van Tyne

* E-mail: vantyne@pitt.edu

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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