The other day, someone asked me what the difference was between bacteria which is antibiotic resistant and bacteria which are persister cells, thinking they were the same thing.
When one first hears about bacteria persisting, one often makes the assumption that must mean it's antibiotic resistant.
But there is a difference between bacteria which are antibiotic resistant and bacterial persister cells - which are antibiotic tolerant .
I'm going to provide a simple illustration (ragged as it is) to show what that difference is without getting...
