Growth of cell wall-defective variants of Escherichia coli: comparison of aerobic and anaerobic induction frequencies.
AUTOR(ES)
Huber, T W
RESUMO
A method for quantitating the conversion of Escherichia coli to colony-forming, cell wall-defective (CWD) bacteria has been developed. The induction frequency, i.e., the percentage of the population recovered as CWD colonies was determined for 20 randomly selected clinical isolates of E. coli under aerobic and anaerobic incubation conditions. Penicillin (1,000 U/ML) was the inducing agent. The 20 strains segregated into three groups. Group I organisms produced CWD colonies with high frequency both aerobically and anaerobically. Grout II organisms showed a much higher induction frequency anaerobically than aerobically. Group III organisms were poor inducers. Thirty percent of the strains were group I, 50% were group II, and 20% were group III organisms. These data indicate that anaerobic conditions enhance the induction and growth of CWD E. coli in the research laboratory and suggest that anaerobic incubation may be important in recovery of medically significant CWD bacteria.
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