Effects of cations and PH on antimicrobial activity of thanatin and s-thanatin against Escherichia coli ATCC25922 and B. subtilis ATCC 21332

Current Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 552-557

  Wu, Guoqiu ^a   Ding, Jiaxuan ^b   Li, Hui ^b   Li, Linxian ^b   Zhao, Rui ^b   Shen, Zilong ^b   Fan, Xiaobo ^b   Xi, Tao ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM ION; CATION; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM ION; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; S THANATIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION; THANATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BETA SHEET; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTURE MEDIUM; DISULFIDE BOND; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 56949093552     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-008-9241-6     Document Type: Article

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