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Suppression of penicillin-induced lysis of Staphylococcus aureus by cibacron blue 3G-A
1Department of Microbiology, Hiroshima University School of Dentistry, Japan.
FEMS Microbiology Letters
|May 15, 1991
Abstract:
The effect of cibacron blue 3G-A (CB) on bacteriolysis induced by penicillin G was investigated using Staphylococcus aureus FDA 209P. Penicillin-induced lysis was completely inhibited by 30 microM CB. However, the bactericidal effect of penicillin G was not influenced by CB. These results indicate that a bacteriolytic process is not essential for penicillin to kill S. aureus.