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Fifty-six selected strains ofPseudomonas aeruginosa belonging to 8 different pyocin types (H, I, 15, 6, PTI-1, PTI-2, PTI-3, PTI-4) were treated with subinhibitory concentrations (MIC/2) of either gentamicin or carbenicillin. Both treatments induced changes in pyocin patterns for all types but at different levels. The percentage of strains that retained their pyocin pattern were more or less equal in both treatments. In treated and untreated producers, the growth inhibition ability for 5 different strains ofEnterobacteriaceae (Escherichia coli K12,E. coli EB,Proteus vulgaris, Salmonella typhi, Shigella flexneri) was also investigated. In all pyocin patterns the number of producers that inhibit the growth of these strains was lower after treatment with gentamicin or with carbenicillin, a smaller decrease was detected in the latter treatment. It appeared that the subinhibitory concentrations of these antibiotics are capable of protecting theEnterobacteriaceae strains from the action of the pyocins.
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Al-Ani, F.Y., Al-Shibib, A.S. In vitro PYOCIN activity ofPseudomonas aeruginosa strains pretreated with antibiotics. Folia Microbiol 30, 349–352 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02927589
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