Data presented here demonstrate that recombinant gamma interferon (rIFN-gamma) activated a single population of 10% fetal calf serum-elicited mouse peritoneal exudate cells to express tumoricidal activity but not bactericidal activity for the facultative intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Fetal calf serum-elicited cells incubated with rIFN-gamma phagocytosed listeriae normally, sug...

1. The bactericidal action of a number of anionic and cationic synthetic detergents on four Gram-positive and three Gram-negative bacteria has been investigated. 2. Cationic detergents, as a group, were found to exhibit marked bactericidal effects on Gram-positive microorganisms and somewhat less pronounced action on Gram-negative organisms. 3. The anionic detergents were germicidal only agains...

The catalytic inactivation of Escherichia coli in water by a cerium (Ce)-promoted silver-loaded aluminum phosphate (Ag/ AlPO4) catalyst using molecular oxygen was investigated. With optimum Ce content, the Ag(Ce)/AlPO4 catalyst exhibited strong bactericidal activity. The process of decomposition of the cell wall and cell membrane was directly observed by TEM. The different morphological changes...

1. An extract of horse leucocytes is strongly bactericidal when dissolved in distilled water; it has considerable bactericidal power when dissolved in physiological saline; but it loses its bactericidal properties when mixed with blood serum or with normal or pathological tissue fluids. 2. About half the antibactericidal action of blood serum is due to the serum colloids, about a quarter to the...

The distinction between bactericidal and bacteriostatic agents appears to be clear according to the in vitro definition, but this only applies under strict laboratory conditions and is inconsistent for a particular agent against all bacteria. The distinction is more arbitrary when agents are categorized in clinical situations. The supposed superiority of bactericidal agents over bacteriostatic ...

Muschel, Louis H. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis), and Jean E. Jackson. Reversal of the bactericidal reaction of serum by magnesium ion. J. Bacteriol. 91:1399-1402. 1966.-Magnesium ion was found to reverse the bactericidal action of the antibody-complement system. Concentrations of 0.03 to 0.11 m MgSO(4) or MgCl(2) were effective, provided that the reaction of the antibody-complement sys...

Group IIA phospholipase A2 (PLA2-IIA) is an enzyme which has important roles in inflammation and infection. Recently, a novel human secretory PLA2 called group XIIA PLA2 (PLA2-XIIA) has been identified. Both PLA2-IIA and PLA2-XIIA are bactericidal against Gram-positive bacteria like many other secretory PLA2s. However, PLA2-XIIA is the only known PLA2 displaying significant bactericidal activit...

A membrane filtration apparatus of the type employed in water bacteriology was used in the assessment of some antimicrobial drugs. Samples of liquid nutrient medium inoculated with a small number of bacteria, to which dilutions of a drug had been added before incubation and again later, were filtered and the membranes washed and incubated on solid medium. By this means differences between bacte...

Serious gram-negative bacterial infections (e.g. pneumonias caused by Escherichia coli, Hemophilus influenzae, and Klebsiella pneumoniae) are encountered with increased frequency in chronic alcoholics.`3 Normal human serum is bactericidal for many strains of gram-negative bacteria.'" A decrease in serum bactericidal activity might render the host more susceptible to infection caused by these or...

Aminoglycoside antibiotics, such as gentamicin and kanamycin, directly target the ribosome, yet the mechanisms by which these bactericidal drugs induce cell death are not fully understood. Recently, oxidative stress has been implicated as one of the mechanisms whereby bactericidal antibiotics kill bacteria. Here, we use systems-level approaches and phenotypic analyses to provide insight into th...