Penicillin resistance and autolysis in enterococci

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作者
DaneoMoore, L
Massidda, O
Kariyama, R
Shockman, GD
机构
[1] Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia
[2] Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140
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MICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE-MECHANISMS EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DISEASE | 1996年 / 2卷 / 01期
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10.1089/mdr.1996.2.159
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R51 [传染病];
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100401 ;
摘要
Comparison of several cell wall-related properties of the ATCC 9790 strain and the R40 strain, a penicillin-resistant, PBP5 overproducing strain, and Rev14, a penicillin-hypersensitive, PBP5-deficient strain, is consistent with a role of the genetic element, psr, in the global regulation of lysozyme sensitivity, autolytic capacity, and wall-rhamnose-containing polysaccharide content, These parameters appear to be independently regulated by a system that involves psr in a currently unknown manner.
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