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. 1979 Aug;139(2):664–667. doi: 10.1128/jb.139.2.664-667.1979

Decreased binding of polymyxin by polymyxin-resistant mutants of Salmonella typhimurium.

M Vaara, T Vaara, M Sarvas
PMCID: PMC216918  PMID: 222738

Abstract

Polymyxin-resistant pmrA strains were shown to absorb only about 25% of the amount of polymyxin absorbed by the corresponding polymyxin-sensitive parent strains. The lipopolysaccharide from the pmrA strains bound less polymyxin than the lipopolysaccharide from the parent strains.

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