Using test tube experiments to study how bacterial species evolve antibiotic resistance
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 16:30
in Biology & Nature
Given a critical change in the environment, how exactly, do species adapt? Professor Tom Vogwill and colleagues wanted to get at the heart of this evolutionary question by measuring the growth rates and DNA mutations of 8 different species of Pseudomonas bacteria. They controlled a single but vital variable during growth, the dose of the antibacterial drug rifampicin.