gram-positive bacteria

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bacteria
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Survival of gram-negative andgram-positivebacteriaartificially applied on the hands.
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Gram-positivebacteriawere marked as dominants in most cases, and biodiversity was rather high.
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The cell wall structure ofgram-positivebacteriais made routinely up by peptidoglycan which allows the passage of cephalosporin-sized molecules.
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Gram-positivebacteriaregulate autolysins with teichoic acid molecules attached to the tetrapeptide of the peptidoglycan matrix.
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Identificatin and differentiation between anaerobicgram-positivebacteriain a clinical laboratory can be a very difficult task.
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Sisomicin is the most predictably active aminoglycoside againstgram-positivebacteria.
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It can travel through bodily fluids, targeting and inactivating enzymes responsible for cell-wall synthesis ingram-positivebacteria, meanwhile avoiding the surrounding non-targets.
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Withingram-positivebacteriathe peptidoglycan layer is much thicker than gram-negative bacteria.
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However, 8-16 times higher in vitro bactericidal activity is seen against manygram-positivebacteriawhen the two streptogramins are combined.
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The enzyme lysozyme is found in many tissues and is known to attack the cell walls of manygram-positivebacteria, aiding in defense against infection.
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Its activity spectrum includes a broad range of gram-negative andgram-positivebacteriaincluding anaerobes.
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Its bark is antimicrobial, especially togram-positivebacteria.
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The generation classification system relies on dividing the cephalosporins by their chemical properties and their relative activity against gram-negative versusgram-positivebacteria. 14.
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It was the first such plasmid addiction module to be found ingram-positivebacteria.
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It is a locally effective antibiotic effective againstgram-positivebacteria.
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Gram-positivebacteriapossess a thick cell wall containing many layers of peptidoglycan and teichoic acids.
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Gram-positivebacteriaconsists of an external plasma membrane, followed by periplasmic space and finally a peptidoglycan layer, which faces the interior of the bacteria.
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