title: [Electrooptical parameters of kanamycin-treated E. coli cell suspensions].
abstract: The effect of kanamycin on the electrophysical parameters of cell suspensions of Escherichia coli K-12 and pMMB33 was investigated. Incubation of the sensitive K-12 strain with kanamycin resulted in significant changes in the orientation spectra (OS) of the cell suspensions; these changes were not revealed in the case of the resistant pMMB33 strain. In the case of the sensitive K-12 strain incubated with different kanamycin concentrations, changes in the OS of the cell suspensions occurred within the 10-1000 kHz frequency range of the orienting electrical field. The most pronounced change in the electrooptical signal was observed at 10 microg/ml of kanamycin. Control experiments were carried out by standard plating on nutrient media. Thus, the OS changes of suspensions in the presence of antibiotics may be used as a test for microbial resistance to such antibiotics.
authors.forename: O I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Guliĭ
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Markina
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Bunin
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Ignatov
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Ignatov
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects*; D007612:Kanamycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007613:Kanamycin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007612:Kanamycin