Concurrent morphological and chemical events in Staphylococcus aureus exposed to penicillin.
Disruption and lysis as well as accumulation of cell-wall precursor material have been demonstrated in several strains of Gram-positive cocci as results of the action of penicillin. The concurrence of these phenomena in typically penicillin-sensitive bacteria lends further support to the hypothesis that penicillin exerts its antibiotic action through interference with the formation of cell walls.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001433:Bacteriolysis; D002473:Cell Wall; D010406:Penicillins; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010406:Penicillins
BACTERIOLYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS/pharmacology