Biological cost explained

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]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20081202015552/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TD0-3RHMRWB-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=a40214f28d2328c6e46e850879be2a37 The biological cost of antimicrobial resistance
2. Wichelhaus TA, Böddinghaus B, Besier S, Schäfer V, Brade V, Ludwig A . Biological cost of rifampin resistance from the perspective of Staphylococcus aureus . Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. . 46 . 11 . 3381–5 . 2002 . 12384339 . 10.1128/AAC.46.11.3381-3385.2002 . 128759.