[Characterization of a Rif-R population of Bacillus anthracis].

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[Characterization of a Rif-R population of Bacillus anthracis].

Antibiotiki i khimioterapiia = Antibiotics and chemoterapy [sic] - 1 Jan 2000

Pomerantsev A P, Sukovatova L V, Marinin L I

Abstract excerpt

Formation of spontaneous RifR mutants was detected in the populations of various strains of Bacillus anthracis (STI-1, Sterne and CH-7) at a rate of 10(-8) per 1 CFU. The levels of the rifampicin resistance in the mutants were different, the MIC ranged from 16 to 512 micrograms/ml. The clones of...

Topics

Bacillus anthracis
Bacterial Capsules
Bacterial Toxins
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mutation
Rifampin
Species Specificity
Spores, Bacterial
Virulence

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