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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-10
pubmed:abstractText
Growth of alkaliphilic Bacillus halodurans C-125 both on agar plates and in liquid culture was inhibited by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (CD). Furthermore, resting cells of the strain were lysed by contact with methyl-beta-CD higher than 10 mM. alpha-CD also showed lysis activity against Bacillus and related strains. The activity was not observed with Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria except for Bacillus strains. Fluorescence staining and scanning electron microscopy of cells revealed that methyl-beta-CD disrupted cell membranes, and consequently, the cells were lysed. This is a novel physiological property of CDs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1432-072X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
190
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
605-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Antibacterial activity of cyclodextrins against Bacillus strains.
pubmed:affiliation
Extremobiosphere Research Center of Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) 2-15, Natsushima, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article