The Concept of the Penicillin Target from 1965 until Today: The Thirteenth Marjory Stephenson Memorial Lecture
Open Access
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology
- Vol. 101 (1), 13-33
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-101-1-13
Abstract
A general discussion on the mode of action of penicillin is presented. Topics discussed include enzymes involved in bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan crosslinking, uses of exocellular enzymes and membrane-bound enzymes. Bacteria studied include Bacillus licheniformis, Escherichia coli, Streptomyces spp. and Proteus mirabilis.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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