Some Effects of Subinhibitory Concentrations of Penicillin on the Structure and Division of Staphylococci
AUTOR(ES)
Lorian, Victor
RESUMO
A strain of Staphylococcus aureus was planted on filter membranes placed on Trypticase soy agar (BBL). After incubation, the membranes with growing staphylococci were transferred to Trypticase soy agar containing a subinhibitory concentration of penicillin (one-third minimal inhibitory concentration) and again incubated. The membranes were then returned to drug-free agar and incubated once more. Counts of the colony-forming units and electron microscopy were carried out at several time intervals. When grown on agar containing penicillin, the staphylococci formed what appeared to be abnormally large cells with multiple and unusually thick septa. Examination of a number of sections showed that these large cells were in reality clusters of staphylococci that had divided but failed to separate. When these large cells were subsequently grown on drug-free agar, smaller cells and normal staphylococci emerged. Subinhibitory concentrations of penicillin do not kill staphylococci; they seem to inhibit lysis of cross walls, preventing the separation of otherwise divided cells.
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