Synergistic fungicidal activities of polymyxin B and ionophores, and their dependence on direct disruptive action of polymyxin B on fungal vacuole

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-87

  Ogita, Akira ^a   Konishi, Yukiko ^a   Borjihan, Baiyinlang ^a   Fujita, Ken Ichi ^a   Tanaka, Toshio ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Candida albicans; Ionophores; Polymyxin B; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM ION; IONOMYCIN; MONENSIN; MONOVALENT CATION; POLYMYXIN B; SALINOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; YEAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUG SYNERGISM; FUNGI; IONOPHORES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONENSIN; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYMYXIN B; PYRANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VACUOLES;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 62249141687     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2008.13     Document Type: Article

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