Permeabilising effects of sub-inhibitory concentrations of microcystin on the growth of Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-170

  Dixon, R A ^a   Al Nazawi, M ^b   Alderson, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Hydrophobic antibiotic; Microcystin; Polymyxin B nonapeptide; Toxic peptide

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; CYANOGINOSIN; LYSOZYME; POLYMYXIN B NONAPEPTIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYCLOPEPTIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYMYXIN B;

ABSORPTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROCYSTINS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; POLYMYXIN B;

EID: 0942298975     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00910-8     Document Type: Article

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