Susceptibility to antibiotics and biochemical properties of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans strains.
Susceptibility to several antibiotics and biochemical properties of intestinal and soil strains of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans bacteria were investigated using the tests: ATB ANA, Sceptor Anaerobic MIC/ID and API ZYM. It was demonstrated that the D. desulfuricans strains were resistant to penicillin, cefoxitin, clindamycin, metronidazole, erythromycin, rifampicin and teicoplanin. The strains initially susceptible to imipenem became resistant to this drug following 72 h incubation with it. Of 25 analyzed antibiotics there was none that after 72 h action on the bacteria was effective in relation to all of the investigated strains. The differences in susceptibility of D. desulfuricans strains to antibiotics were not associated with the strains' biochemical properties.
Dzierzewicz
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Department of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biopharmacy, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland.
Cwalina
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Jaworska-Kik
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Weglarz
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Wilczok
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003901:Desulfovibrio / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents