Phenotypic heterogeneity enables uropathogenic Escherichia coli to evade killing by antibiotics and serum complement.

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Published in Infect Immun on January 05, 2015

Authors

Marta Putrinš1, Karin Kogermann1, Eliisa Lukk1, Markus Lippus1, Vallo Varik1, Tanel Tenson2

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
2: Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia tanel.tenson@ut.ee.

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