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A Novel Method of Assaying Antimicrobial Agents by Particle Microelectrophoresis
Author(s) -
FURR J. R.,
DAVIES GILLIAN,
ADEBIYI A. R. A.,
RUSSELL A. D.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1981.tb00882.x
Subject(s) - kanamycin , microelectrophoresis , antimicrobial , streptomycin , gentamicin , neomycin , escherichia coli , chlorhexidine , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , antibiotics , biology , chromatography , biochemistry , medicine , electrophoresis , dentistry , gene
Increasing concentrations of chlorhexidine, streptomycin, neomycin, gentamicin and kanamycin reduced the mobility of, and negative charge on, Escherichia coli cells. This finding has formed the basis of a novel method for assaying these antibacterial agents.