DWARF-COLONY VARIANTS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS RESISTANT TO AMINOGLUCOSIDE ANTIBIOTICS AND TO A FATTY ACID

1 August 1969

journal article
Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of Medical Microbiology

Vol. 2 (3) , 187-197
https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-2-3-187

Abstract

The exposure of cultures of Staphylococcus aureus to linoleic acid selected variants that were resistant to aminoglucoside antibiotics. Variants with identical characters were isolated by exposure to an aminoglucoside antibiotic, paromomycin.

Keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS
COLONY
CHARACTERS
VARIANTS
PAROMOMYCIN
DWARF
LINOLEIC
FATTY
AUREUS RESISTANT