Antithetic population response to antibiotics in a polybacterial community
Leticia Galera-Laporta, Jordi García‐Ojalvo
Abstract
cannot. This antithetic behavior is predicted by a mathematical model constrained only by the responses of the two species in isolation. Our results thus show that the collective response of mixed bacterial ecosystems to antibiotics can run counter to what single-species potency studies tell us about their efficacy.
Topics & Concepts
AmpicillinAntibioticsBacillus subtilisMicrobiologyEscherichia coliBiologyPopulationIsolation (microbiology)BacteriaMedicineGeneticsGeneEnvironmental healthEvolution and Genetic DynamicsEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationGut microbiota and health