Bacterial persisters refer to a small proportion of phenotypically heterogeneous variants with transient capability for survival when exposing to high concentrations of antibiotic, which constitute the major cause for recurrent infections both in human and aquatic infections. In pathogenic bacter...
Mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes undermine the efficacy of last-line polymyxin antibiotics, and the global prevalence of mcr-3 continues to rise despite reduced colistin use. Here, we show that mcr-3-positive Escherichia coli (E. coli) confers a survival advantage by reprogramming macrophag...