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.