Emergence of new antibiotic resistance relies on the bacterial "SOS response" which is triggered in response to stress. While different antibiotics depend on different mechanisms of resistance, disabling the SOS response slows the development of new resistance in E. coli

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Emergence of new antibiotic resistance relies on the bacterial "SOS response" which is triggered in response to stress. While different antibiotics depend on different mechanisms of resistance, disabling the SOS response slows the development of new resistance in E. coli