Ammonia produced by bacterial colonies promotes growth of ampicillin-sensitive Serratia sp. by means of antibiotic inactivation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 354, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 126-132

  Čepl, Jaroslav ^a   Blahůšková, Anna ^a   Cvrčková, Fatima ^a   Markoš, Anton ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Ampicillin tolerance; Antibiotic degradation; Escherichia coli; Serratia sp.; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SERRATIA RUBIDAEA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE;

AMMONIA; AMPICILLIN; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SERRATIA;

EID: 84900522280     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12442     Document Type: Article

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