Distributions of time elapsed to first cell division for persister cells surviving a 3 hours treatment with ampicillin at 25xMIC and then exposed to Lysogeny broth (t>3h). The distributions of time elapsed to first cell division for untreated control cells were measured in separate control experiments where LB only, without ampicillin, was added in the mother machine device at t=0.
Funding
Royal Society Research Grant (RG140203); Welcome Trust ISSF (097835/Z/11/Z); BBSRC award BB/1024631/1