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. 2017 Aug 23;15(8):e2003775.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2003775. eCollection 2017 Aug.

Understanding and overcoming antibiotic resistance

Lauren A Richardson  1
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Understanding and overcoming antibiotic resistance

Lauren A Richardson. PLoS Biol. .
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Conflict of interest statement

LR is a current paid employee at Public Library of Science.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. Antibiotic resistance in a microbial community.
Still images of a time-lapse experiment show that the green-labeled drug-resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus provides resistance for the non-labeled drug-sensitive strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae during antibiotic treatment. Image credit: doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2000631.
Fig 2
Fig 2. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Scanning electron micrograph of a human neutrophil ingesting MRSA (purple). Image credit: NIAID
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