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1Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, 833 01 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Abstract:
The effect of aminoglycoside antibiotics (amikacin, gentamicin, netilmicin and tobramycin) at sublethal concentrations (sub-MICs) on some properties of Plesiomonas shigelloides strains was evaluated. All agents decreased the bacterial surface hydrophobicity. Amikacin (1/4 of the MIC) and netilmicin (1/4 and 1/8 of the MIC) changed the hydrophobic character of P. shigelloides surface to a hydrophilic one. Treatment of the strains with aminoglycosides decreased also motility, netilmicin being the most effective. No significant changes were found in lipolytic activity of antibiotic-treated strains. In the majority of cases aminoglycosides increased sensitivity of bacteria to hydrogen peroxide. The tested antibiotics did not induce production of short-chained N-acylhomoserine lactones signal molecules. Aminoglycosides at sub-MICs affected important activities of P. shigelloides potentially associated with their virulence in dependence on strain, antibiotic and concentration.
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