Nat Commun September 2023 PMID 37696800

Bacterial motility can govern the dynamics of antibiotic resistance evolution.

Vit Piskovsky, Nuno M Oliveira

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Bacterial motility plays a key role in how bacteria adapt to antibiotic environments, either speeding up or slowing down resistance evolution depending on how it influences genetic mixing and competition.
The study uses models to show that high rates of movement can actually reduce bacterial survival by limiting their ability to adapt, with specific conditions identified for when motility helps or hinders evolution.
The findings hold true even in complex scenarios like chemotaxis or when bacteria switch between different movement behaviors, highlighting that cell motility can set limits on bacterial adaptation in antibiotic landscapes.

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» Bacterial motility can govern the dynamics of antibiotic resistance evolution | Nature Communications https://t.co/NBDw68xEyW

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