Abstract
Upon the addition of methicillin even at relatively low concentrations (5 μg/ml or 0.3% of the MIC) to the medium, methicillin-resistant staphylococci shift to the production of a new peptidoglycan with an abnormal muropeptide composition which may be the synthetic product of penicillin-binding protein 2A.
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