Effect of penicillin on Staphylococcus aureus cultivated at high atmospheric pressure.
Staphylococcus aureus showed decreased penicillin susceptibility at high atmospheric pressure (0.3% O(2) in He, 1,000 psi). High pressure may have protected the bacteria by osmotic stabilization.
D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D010100:Oxygen; D010313:Partial Pressure; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects*; D013366:Submarine Medicine
D010406:Penicillins; D010100:Oxygen