Article
Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus mutants expressing reduced susceptibility to common house-cleaners.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Jan 2005
Davis A O, O'Leary J O, Muthaiyan A, Langevin M J, Delgado A, Abalos A T, Fajardo A R, Marek J, Wilkinson B J, Gustafson J E
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To characterize mutants of Staphylococcus aureus expressing reduced susceptibility to house cleaners (HC), assess the impact of the alternative sigma factor SigB on HC susceptibility, and determine the MIC of clinical methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) to a HC. METHODS AND RESULTS: Susceptibility to HC, HC components, H2O2, vancomycin and oxacillin and physiological parameters were determined for...
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