Autolysis Control Hypotheses for Tolerance to Wall Antibiotics
Open Access
- 1 October 2001
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 45 (10) , 2671-2675
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.45.10.2671-2675.2001
Abstract
Antibiotics are divided into two classes: bacteriostatic and bactericidal. The reasons for their classification are usually self-evident, although seldom proven. For example, chloramphenicol stops protein synthesis and is bacteriostatic, probably because when it is removed growth can recommence.This publication has 69 references indexed in Scilit:
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