Biology:Biological cost

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In biology, the biological cost or metabolic price is a measure of the increased energy metabolism that is required to achieve a function. Drug resistance in microbiology, for instance, has a very high metabolic price,[1] especially for antibiotic resistance.[2]

References

  1. ↑ The biological cost of antimicrobial resistance Stephen H. Gillespie*, and Timothy D. McHugh
  2. ↑ "Biological cost of rifampin resistance from the perspective of Staphylococcus aureus". Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 46 (11): 3381–5. 2002. doi:10.1128/AAC.46.11.3381-3385.2002. PMID 12384339. 




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