Membranes of five-fold alamethicin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis and Bacillus cereus show decreased interactions with alamethicin due to changes in membrane fluidity and surface charge

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 593-601

  Thippeswamy, Hirenallur S ^a   Sood, Shiv Kumar ^a   Venkateswarlu, Ronda ^a   Raj, Isha ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Alamethicin; Antimicrobial peptide; Fatty acids; Phospholipids; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77951853532     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175151     Document Type: Article

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