Open AccessOuter membrane polypeptides and penicillin binding proteins in Citrobacter diversus
Author(s) -
Davies David B.,
Marinucci Maria C.,
Oliva Brunello,
Chopra Ian
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1987.tb02066.x
Subject(s) - citrobacter , bacterial outer membrane , escherichia coli , penicillin binding proteins , penicillin , enterobacteriaceae , membrane protein , microbiology and biotechnology , membrane , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , antibiotics , gene
Previous studies demonstrated that difficulties can occur in distinguishing Citrobacter diversus from Escherichia coli . In this paper we show that the two species can be distinguished from each other by their outer membrane polypeptide and inner membrane penicillin binding protein (PBP) profiles. We suggest that characterisation of membrane proteins will be of value in the identification of C. diversus .