The absence of D-alanine from lipoteichoic acid and wall teichoic acid alters surface charge, enhances autolysis and increases susceptibility to methicillin in Bacillus subtilis

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2953-2960

  Wecke, Jörg ^a   Madela, Kazimierz ^a   Fischer, Werner ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autolysis; Bacillus subtilis; Lipoteichoic acid; Methicillin; Wall teichoic acid

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYTOCHROME C; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; METICILLIN; TEICHOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BONE MARROW; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0030819057     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-9-2953     Document Type: Article

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