Microbiology and Immunology 1995-01-01

Salt-induced L-forms of Staphylococcus aureus.

K Yabu

Index: Microbiol. Immunol. 39(6) , 425-7, (1995)

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Abstract

When growing cultures of a salt-sensitive strain of Staphylococcus aureus were inoculated on nutrient agar containing 0.8 M NaCl and 0.5% bovine serum albumin, typical colonies of L-form developed extensively after 2 days of incubation at 30 C. Incubation of growing cultures with lipoteichoic acid, sodium polyanethole sulfonate and subtilisin resulted in inhibition of L-form induction.