title: Whack-an-E. coli with the morbidostat.
abstract: Using a device termed the 'morbidostat', a recent study sheds new light on the determinism of genetic and phenotypic trajectories leading to high antibiotic resistance.
authors.affiliation: Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Edmond J Safra Campus, Givat-Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
authors.forename: Ofer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fridman
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Nathalie Q
authors.initials: NQ
authors.lastname: Balaban
mesh_terms: D019020:Directed Molecular Evolution; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D020440:Gene Duplication; D006801:Humans