Dr. Krishna Kurthkodi, Associate Professor at the School of Biosciences, has authored an editorial titled “Bacterial population heterogeneity, stress response and antibiotic tolerance” in the Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. The editorial discusses how phenotypic diversity and stress-adaptive responses within bacterial populations contribute to antibiotic tolerance and persistent infections, offering insights relevant to addressing the growing challenge of antimicrobial resistance.