Bactericidal effect of gentamicin-induced membrane vesicles derived from pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 on gram-positive bacteria

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 810-820

  MacDonald, Kelly L ^a   Beveridge, Terry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autolysin; Gentamicin; Gram negative membrane vesicles

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMES; HYDROPHOBIC CHROMATOGRAPHY;

GRAM-POSITIVE INFECTIONS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLYSIS; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSPORT VESICLES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036433821     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w02-077     Document Type: Article

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