Autolysis of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.

doi:10.1128/AAC.36.3.566

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Autolysis of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Mar 1992

Gustafson J E, Berger-Bächi B, Strässle A, Wilkinson B J

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The autolytic activities, including unstimulated, Triton X-100-stimulated, and daptomycin-induced, of various sets of methicillin-resistant and related methicillin-susceptible strains were compared. Faster rates of autolysis were noted in two heterogeneous methicillin-resistant transductants than...

Topics

Autolysis
Cells, Cultured
Daptomycin
Genotype
Methicillin Resistance
Octoxynol
Peptides
Phenotype
Polyethylene Glycols
Staphylococcus aureus

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