Effects of cefoxitin on the growth and morphology of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron strains with different cefoxitin susceptibility

Anaerobe

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 55-61

  Fang, Hong ^a,b   Edlund, Charlotta ^a,b   Hultenby, Kjell ^a   Hedberg, Maria ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron; Cefoxitin; Growth; Morphology; Penicillin binding proteins

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON;

EID: 0036547547     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.2002.0417     Document Type: Article

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