Open AccessFilament formation of Fusobacterium nucleatum cells induced by mecillinam
Author(s) -
Takatoshi Onoe,
Tomoyuki Umemoto,
Hirosuke Sagawa,
Hidekazu Suginaka
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.19.3.487
Subject(s) - fusobacterium nucleatum , mecillinam , fusobacterium , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteroidaceae , protein filament , chemistry , biology , bacteria , escherichia coli , bacteroides , biochemistry , enterobacteriaceae , genetics , porphyromonas gingivalis , gene
Subinhibitory concentrations of mecillinam transformed Fusobacterium nucleatum cells into a marked filament form, quite different from a spherical form demonstrated in Escherichia coli.
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