A multiplexable assay for screening antibiotic lethality against drug-tolerant bacteria.
Nat Methods
; 16(4): 303-306, 2019 04.
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| ID: mdl-30858599
ABSTRACT
Antibiotic screens typically rely on growth inhibition to characterize compound bioactivity-an approach that cannot be used to assess the bactericidal activity of antibiotics against bacteria in drug-tolerant states. To address this limitation, we developed a multiplexed assay that uses metabolism-sensitive staining to report on the killing of antibiotic-tolerant bacteria. This method can be used with diverse bacterial species and applied to genome-scale investigations to identify therapeutic targets against tolerant pathogens.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Bacterias
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Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana
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Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana
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Escherichia coli
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Antibacterianos
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Methods
Asunto de la revista:
TECNICAS E PROCEDIMENTOS DE LABORATORIO
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos