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The isolation of Staphylococcus aureus tea tree oil-reduced susceptibility mutants.
Phytotherapy research : PTR - 1 Aug 2014
Cuaron Jesus A, Dulal Santosh, Cooke Peter H, Torres Nathanial J, Gustafson John E
Abstract excerpt
Tea tree oil (TTO)-reduced susceptibility (TTORS) mutants of two Staphylococcus aureus laboratory strains were isolated utilizing TTO gradient plates. Attempts to isolate TTORS mutants employing agar plates containing single TTO concentrations failed. All TTORS mutants demonstrated a small colony variant (SCV) phenotype and produced cells with a smaller diameter, as determined by scanning electron microscopy. The...
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