Action of benzohydrothiochromylium salts on bacterial membranes
Kutsemako, R.T.; Ermachenko, V.A.; Kuliash, I.V.; Kharat'ian, E.F.; Simakova, I.M.
Prikladnaia Biokhimiia i Mikrobiologiia 21(3): 382-390
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0555-1099 PMID: 4048088 Document Number: 243211
Cultivation of Staphylococcus 209-P and Micrococcus lysodeikticus cells on media containing new antibacterial preparations--iodide and trifluoroacetate derivatives of benzohydrothiochromylium resulted in a remarkable lesion of the membrane respiratory apparatus, i.e. the amounts of membrane polypeptides, the specific concentration of cytochromes, the activities of reductases and oxidases--NADH, malate and lactate decreased. Profound changes in the cell cytology were observed.