[Penicillin-binding proteins of various strains of Lactobacillus].

Authors :: Griaznova NS
Subbotina NA
Beliavskaia IV
Taisova AS
Afonin VI
Tiurin MV
Shenderov BA
Sazykina IuO
Navashin SM
Source :: Antibiotiki i khimioterapiia = Antibiotics and chemoterapy [sic] [Antibiot Khimioter] 1990 Feb; Vol. 35 (2), pp. 15-9.
Publication Year :: 1990
Abstract: Sensitivity of different species of Lactobacillus i.e. L. casei, L. plantarum, L. acidophillus, L. buchneri, L. jugurti and others to penicillins and cephalosporins of various generations was studied. Penicillin binding proteins (PBPs) of the Lactobacillus species were specified. It was shown that the number of PBPs depended on the Lactobacillus species. L. casei had the least number of PBPs (4) and L. brevis had the highest number of PBPs (11). Competition of 14C-benzylpenicillin with ampicillin, cefotaxime, ceftizoxime and cefoperazone for binding to separate PBPs in three strains of different Lactobacillus species was investigated.