Effect of Wall Antibiotics on the Growth of the Extremely Halophilic Coccus, NCMB 778 Free

Abstract

Growth of was markedly inhibited by novobiocin and bacitracin A but unaffected by sodium-penicillin G, vancomycin or -cycloserine. The antibiotic activity of these latter three compounds, however, decreased appreciably on incubation with the growth medium alone over a period comparable with that of the doubling time for this bacterium.

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