Permeability and Susceptibility of Escherichia coli to β- Lactam Compounds
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- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 19 (2), 369-370
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.19.2.369
Abstract
In general, the susceptibility of envelope mutants of Escherichia coli to β-lactam compounds correlates well with the permeability of these antibiotics through the outer membrane. However, several mutants were isolated which, although apparently freely permeable to penicillins, showed only marginal increases in susceptibility to these agents.Keywords
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