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| Title |
Evolution of Escherichia coli rifampicin resistance in an antibiotic-free environment during thermal stress
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-13-50 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alejandra Rodríguez-Verdugo, Brandon S Gaut, Olivier Tenaillon |
| Abstract |
Beneficial mutations play an essential role in bacterial adaptation, yet little is known about their fitness effects across genetic backgrounds and environments. One prominent example of bacterial adaptation is antibiotic resistance. Until recently, the paradigm has been that antibiotic resistance is selected by the presence of antibiotics because resistant mutations confer fitness costs in antibiotic free environments. In this study we show that it is not always the case, documenting the selection and fixation of resistant mutations in populations of Escherichia coli B that had never been exposed to antibiotics but instead evolved for 2000 generations at high temperature (42.2°C). |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 27% |
| France | 1 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 6 | 55% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 4 | 36% |
| Members of the public | 3 | 27% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 27% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 299 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| Belgium | 2 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Estonia | 2 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 287 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 67 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 48 | 16% |
| Researcher | 46 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 39 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 5% |
| Other | 33 | 11% |
| Unknown | 50 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 118 | 39% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 53 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 15 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 30 | 10% |
| Unknown | 58 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 46. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 October 2023.
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#6,131
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