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Replication Data for: Temperature dependence of the mutation rate towards antibiotic resistance

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Environmental conditions can influence mutation rates in bacteria.

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Fever is a common response to infection that alters the growth conditions of infecting bacteria. Here we examine how a temperature change, such as is associated with fever, affects the mutation rate towards antibiotic resistance.

We used a fluctuation test to assess the mutation rate towards antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli at two different temperatures: 37 °C (normal temperature) and 40 °C (fever temperature). We performed this measurement for three different antibiotics with different modes of action: ciprofloxacin, rifampicin, and ampicillin. In all cases, the mutation rate towards antibiotic resistance turned out to be temperature dependent, but in different ways.

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Fever temperatures led to a reduced mutation rate towards ampicillin resistance and an elevated mutation rate towards ciprofloxacin and rifampicin resistance. This study opens a new avenue to mitigate the emergence of antibiotic resistance by coordinating the choice of an antibiotic with the decision of whether or not to suppress fever when treating a patient. Hence, optimised combinations of antibiotics and fever suppression strategies may be a new weapon in the battle against antibiotic resistance.

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