Weight and Morphology of Bacteria Exposed to Antibiotics

作者: V. Lorian , W. Tosch , D. Joyce

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-70748-3_7

关键词: BacteriaBacilliMorphology (linguistics)AntibioticsMicrobiologyChemistryAminopenicillanic acid

摘要: Exposure of bacteria to sub-MIC various beta-lactam and other antibiotics results in morphologic alterations including a substantial increase size. Staphylococci change into large cells with diameter 2–3 µm [1] gram-negative bacilli grow long filaments [2,3,4].

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