Ethidium bromide transport across <it>Mycobacterium smegmatis </it>cell-wall: correlation with antibiotic resistance

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Active efflux systems and reduced cell-wall permeability are considered to be the main causes of mycobacterial intrinsic resistance to many antimicrobials. In this study, we have compared the <it>Mycobacterium smegmatis </it...

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Main Authors: Couto Isabel, Ramos Jorge, Rodrigues Liliana, Amaral Leonard, Viveiros Miguel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-02-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/11/35