Bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein inhibits growth of a strain of Acholeplasma laidlawii and L forms of the gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes

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Horwitz, AH [1 ]
Williams, RE [1 ]
Liu, PS [1 ]
Nadell, R [1 ]
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[1] LLC, XOMA US, Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA
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10.1128/AAC.43.9.2314
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) inhibited growth of cell wall-deficient Acholeplasma laidlawii and L forms of certain strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. However, the same strains of S. aureus and S. pyogenes with intact cell walls were not susceptible to the growth-inhibitory effects of BPI.
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