Mechanism of Polymyxin B Resistance in Proteus mirabilis
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Mechanism of polymyxin B resistance in Proteus mirabilis.
The lipids from three types of organisms-a Proteus mirabilis wild type highly resistant to polymyxin B, a polymyxin B-sensitive mutant derived from the wild type, and the wild type grown in the presence of sulfadiazine resulting in phenotypic conversion to polymyxin B sensitivity-were examined to determine the nature of polymyxin B resistance. The phospholipid compositions were nearly identical...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.104.1.289-294.1970