Induced resistance to the antimicrobial peptide lactoferricin B inStaphylococcus aureus
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Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants are resistant to the antimicrobial peptide lactoferricin B.
OBJECTIVES To determine whether Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants (SCVs) are resistant to the antimicrobial peptide lactoferricin B. To assess if deficiency in transmembrane potential, a common characteristic of SCVs that are haemin- or menadione-auxotrophs, affects the uptake of the peptide into the bacterial cytoplasm. METHODS A broth microdilution technique was used for susceptib...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEBS Letters
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0014-5793
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.05.017