Action of ampicillin on the plague microbe (Y. pestis EV) according to electron microscopic data

Gorbaseva, T.I.; Makarovskaia, L.N.; Miliutin, V.N.; Kirdeev, V.K.

Antibiotiki 25(7): 503-507

1980


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-5637
PMID: 7406460
Document Number: 167532
Ultrastructure of plague bacteria exposed to ampicillin was studied. The antibiotic apparently induced formation of sphero- and protoplasts and L-like cells. Ampicillin is supposed to induce L-transformation of the plague bacteria.

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