Abstract
Forty-eight isolates of Proteus vulgaris and 4 isolates of Proteus mirabilis were found by disc diffusion to be sensitive to colistin sulphomethate. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of colistin sulphomethate of the isolates ranged from 3·125-200 μg. per ml. The MIC was lower with a smaller inoculum, and for most strains the MIC in agar was lower than the MIC in broth. On first isolation only 48 per cent of the colistin-sensitive Pr. vulgaris strains exhibited swarming at 37°, and after passage through semi-solid agar 25 per cent of the strains still did not swarm. None of the Pr. vulgaris strains produced indole.
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