Oligochlorophens are potent inhibitors of Bacillus anthracis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3988-3990

  Foss, Marie H ^a   Weibel, Douglas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 CHLOROPHENOL; FTSZ PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CHLOROPHENOLS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 77956116297     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00067-10     Document Type: Article

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