PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Kaldalu, Niilo AU - Tenson, Tanel TI - Slow growth causes bacterial persistence AID - 10.1126/scisignal.aay1167 DP - 2019 Jul 30 TA - Science Signaling PG - eaay1167 VI - 12 IP - 592 4099 - http://stke.sciencemag.org/content/12/592/eaay1167.short 4100 - http://stke.sciencemag.org/content/12/592/eaay1167.full SO - Sci. Signal.2019 Jul 30; 12 AB - Bacterial persisters survive antibiotic treatment and can cause chronic infections. In this issue of Science Signaling, Pontes and Groisman suggest that there is no specific molecular pathway responsible for persister formation in Salmonella and that slow growth is the decisive factor.