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ArticleCurrent microbiology2019

Comparison of Starvation-Induced Persister Cells with Antibiotic-Induced Persister Cells.

Shridhar S Paranjape, Ravindranath Shashidhar

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Article in Current microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Targeting lon protease to inhibit persister cell formation inFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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  6. Ribosome-binding antibiotics increase bacterial longevity and growth efficiency.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shridhar S ParanjapeFood Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India.
Ravindranath ShashidharFood Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India. shashi@barc.gov.in.
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The phenotypic heterogeneity in a large population arises because of fluctuation in microenvironments and stochastic gene expressions. In this report, we isolated two types of persistent sub-populations of Vibrio cholerae, one triggered by starvation and another by antibiotics. We characterised starvation-induced (E-cells) and antibiotic-induced (P-cell) persister cells for stress tolerance, colony morphology and toxin gene expressions. Both the sub-populations differ with respect to morphology, temperature tolerance and oxidative stress tolerance. The E-cells were smaller than the P-cells and formed tiny colonies (1-2 mm). The E-cells were more sensitive to heat and oxidative stress compared with P-cells. The up-regulated genes of P-cells include, genes of antioxidant enzymes (>5 fold), cholera toxin (>26 fold) and toxin: antitoxin protein hipA (>100 fold). Upon nutrient up-shift, the E-cells recovered after lag time of 6 h. However, such lag extension was not visible during P-cell recovery, suggesting that P-cell physiology is more akin to normal cells than E-cells. This is the first comparative report on the two different persister sub-populations of V. cholerae. The E-cells and P-cells are similar regarding antibiotic tolerance. However, the sub-populations differ significantly in stress tolerance and other phenotypes studied.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialGene Expression Regulation, BacterialOxidative StressVibrio choleraeAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial Proteins

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PMID31555855
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