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Catecholamine induced growth of gram negative bacteria.
Life sciences - 1 Jan 1992
Lyte M, Ernst S
Abstract excerpt
The addition of various catecholamines to cultures of gram negative bacteria resulted in dramatic increases in growth. The ability of norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine and dopa to enhance the growth of Escherichia coli, Yersinia enterocolitica and Pseudomonas aeruginosa was observed to be dependent on the bacterium employed with each strain showing marked preference for one or more of the catecholamines....
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