Salt-induced L-forms of Staphylococcus aureus.
When growing cultures of a salt-sensitive strain of Staphylococcus aureus were inoculated on nutrient agar containing 0.8 M NaCl and 0.5% bovine serum albumin, typical colonies of L-form developed extensively after 2 days of incubation at 30 C. Incubation of growing cultures with lipoteichoic acid, sodium polyanethole sulfonate and subtilisin resulted in inhibition of L-form induction.
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Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hokuriku University, Ishikawa, Japan.
D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D010641:Phenotype; D011074:Polyanetholesulfonate / Q000494:pharmacology; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013381:Subtilisins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology
D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D013682:Teichoic Acids; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D011074:Polyanetholesulfonate; C009900:lipoteichoic acid; D013381:Subtilisins