A system for monitoring mutation-in-progress : a study of adaptive mutation to Ciprofloxacin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

• Main Author: Sutandar, Andiyanto
• Other Authors: Lim Chu Sing
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/13465
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In nature, evolution progresses to assure the survival of the strongest of a species. With each mutation, those characteristics that best assure the survival of the species are propagated through successive, on-going mutations. As there is no known method to monitor such mutation-in-progress, the ob...