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TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
卷 26, 期 8, 页码 677-691出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.01.005
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- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) [SFRH/BPD/118474/2016, SFRH/BPD/109517/2015]
- FEEI - 'Fundos Europeus Estruturais e de Investimento' from 'Programa Operacional Regional Lisboa 2020' [LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-016417]
- national funds from FCT - 'Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia'
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BPD/109517/2015] Funding Source: FCT
Antibiotics target essential cellular functions but bacteria can become resistant by acquiring either exogenous resistance genes or chromosomal mutations. Resistance mutations typically occur in genes encoding essential functions; these mutations are therefore generally detrimental in the absence of drugs. However, bacteria can reduce this handicap by acquiring additional mutations, known as compensatory mutations. Genetic interactions (epistasis) either with the background or between resistances (in multiresistant bacteria) dramatically affect the fitness cost of antibiotic resistance and its compensation, therefore shaping dissemination of antibiotic resistance mutations. This Review summarizes current knowledge on the evolutionary mechanisms influencing maintenance of resistance mediated by chromosomal mutations, focusing on their fitness cost, compensatory evolution, epistasis, and the effect of the environment on these processes.
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