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Lipopolysaccharide recovery restores susceptibility levels towards beta-lactams in Serratia marcescens.
Microbios - 1 Jan 1995
Palomar J, Puig M, Montilla R, Lorén J G, Viñas M
Abstract excerpt
O-side chain-defective spontaneous mutants of Serratia marcescens, selected by phage resistance, showed lower MICs against various beta-lactams than did their parental strains. The recovery of their ability to produce O-antigen restored the original MIC values, as well as phage susceptibility. The permeability coefficients of wild-type, O- mutants, and revertants, demonstrated that O-antigen modifies the...
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