Tag Archives: lethality

Polymyxin B lethality requires energy-dependent outer membrane disruption

Polymyxin B lethality requires energy-dependent outer membrane disruption

Fanous, J. et al. Limited impact of Salmonella stress and persisters on antibiotic clearance. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08506-6 (2025). Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Lopatkin, A. J. et al. Metabolic state more accurately predicts antibiotic lethality than growth rate. Nat. Microbiol. 4, 2109–2117 (2019). Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Conlon, B. P. et al. Persister formation in Staphylococcus aureus is …

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The National Guard, DC landscaping and the great pursuit of lethality

The National Guard, DC landscaping and the great pursuit of lethality

National Guard troops recently dispatched to Washington, D.C., were notified last week they would be authorized to carry service weapons “solely in response to an imminent threat,” according to a Guard statement. Many guardsmen, however, were unaware the imminent threat posed would come in the form of unkempt flower beds and tree debris, their weapons akin to those wielded by …

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