Inverse correlation in nutritionally variant streptococci between the production of bacteriolytic activity and sensitivity to a Streptococcus pyogenes bacteriocinlike inhibitory substance.

Abstract excerpt

Nineteen strains of nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) were tested for bacteriolytic activity and for their production of and sensitivity to streptococcal bacteriocinlike inhibitory substances (BLIS). None appeared to produce BLIS. An inverse relationship was found between the sensitivity t...

Topics

• Bacteriocins
• Genetic Variation
• Humans
• Micrococcus
• Sensitivity and Specificity
• Streptococcus pyogenes