The outer membranes of Brucella spp. are not barriers to hydrophobic permeants
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- 1 August 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 175 (16) , 5273-5275
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.175.16.5273-5275.1993
Abstract
The patterns of susceptibility to hydrophobic and hydrophilic drugs and the uptake of the fluorescent probe N-phenyl-naphthylamine in Brucella spp., Haemophilus influenzae, Escherichia coli, and deep rough Salmonella minnesota mutants were compared. The results show that the outer membranes of smooth and naturally rough Brucella spp. do not represent barriers to hydrophobic permeants and that this absence of a barrier relates at least in part to the properties of Brucella lipopolysaccharide.Keywords
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