Journal article
Senescence can explain microbial persistence
Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology), Vol.153(Pt 11), pp.3623-3630
11/2007
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/006734-0
PMID: 17975070
Abstract
It has been known for many years that small fractions of persister cells resist killing in many bacterial colony-antimicrobial confrontations. These persisters are not believed to be mutants. Rather it has been hypothesized that they are phenotypic variants. Current models allow cells to switch in and out of the persister phenotype. Here, a different explanation is suggested for persistence, namely senescence. Using a mathematical model including age structure, it is shown that senescence provides a natural explanation for persistence-related phenomena, including the observations that the persister fraction depends on growth phase in batch culture and dilution rate in continuous culture.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Senescence can explain microbial persistence
- Creators
- I Klapper - Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USAP Gilbert - School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UKB P Ayati - Department of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75205, USAJ Dockery - Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USAP S Stewart - Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology), Vol.153(Pt 11), pp.3623-3630
- DOI
- 10.1099/mic.0.2007/006734-0
- PMID
- 17975070
- NLM abbreviation
- Microbiology (Reading)
- ISSN
- 1350-0872
- eISSN
- 1465-2080
- Publisher
- England
- Grant note
- 5R01GM67245 / NIGMS NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2007
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Mathematics
- Record Identifier
- 9983985815302771
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