Effect of natural amphiphatic peptides on viability, membrane potential, cell shape and motility of mollicutes

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-175

  Beven L ^a   Wroblewski H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Acholeplasma; amphiphatic peptide; bacterial growth; cell shape; membrane potential; mollicute; motility; Mycoplasma; plasma membrane; Spiroplasma

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LIPOPROTEIN; MELITTIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SPIRALIN;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROPLASMA; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOPLASMATALES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ACHOLEPLASMA LAIDLAWII; ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. MYCOIDES; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA CITRI; SPIROPLASMA MELLIFERUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; LIPOPROTEINS; MELITTEN; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOPLASMATALES; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0031060732     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(97)87647-4     Document Type: Article

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