METHICILLIN-INDUCED LYSOZYME-SENSITIVE FORMS OF STAPHYLOCOCCI.
Aldrich, K. M. (The University of Kansas, Lawrence), and C. P. Sword. Methicillin-induced lysozyme-sensitive forms of staphylococci. J. Bacteriol. 87:690-695. 1964.-Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis grown in the presence of sublethal amounts of methicillin were converted to enlarged spheres within 2 to 4 hr, as shown by phase microscopy, Gram stain, and electron microscopy. Addition of lysozyme to cells incubated in the presence of methicillin, and to methicillin-induced spheres suspended in hypotonic saline, caused lysis of methicillin-treated cells but not of untreated cells.
D001433:Bacteriolysis; D002270:Carbuncle; D004247:DNA; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004583:Electrons; D007709:Klebsiella; D008712:Methicillin; D008853:Microscopy; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009113:Muramidase; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D012106:Research; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013210:Staphylococcus; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004247:DNA; D009113:Muramidase; D008712:Methicillin
BACTERIOLYSIS; CARBUNCLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; KLEBSIELLA; METHICILLIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MURAMIDASE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS