Alterations in macromolecular composition and cell wall integrity by ciprofloxacin in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-117

  Verma, I ^a   Rohilla, A ^a   Khuller, G K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTI-MYCOBACTERIAL; BINDING-SITES; BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS; CELL WALLS; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; DNA CONCENTRATION; FLUOROQUINOLONES; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOSITION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; QUANTITATIVE CHANGES;

DNA;

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; LIPID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACROMOLECULE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032832833     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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