Staphyloccus aureus

Eig. 1. The quasispeciftc effect ia the homologous series of o-alkyl-/)-chloropheaol derivatives agaiast A = Salmonella typhosa-, B = Staphyloccus aureus-, C = Mycobacterium tuberculosis-, D = Candidaalbicans. Pheaol coefficieat is the activity of the chemical tested compared to that of pheaol. 

Minor, T. E. and Marth, E. H. 1972. Fate of Staphyloccus aureus in cultured butter-milk, sour cream, and yogurt during storage. J. Milk food TechnoL 35, 302-306. 

Unfortunately the bacteria have also adapted to become resistant to various types of penicillin. New areas of research and plant searches are being undertaken to find a completely new way of attacking bacteria, particularly the very resistant ones of methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA). Recently a newspaper5 reported a new line of research scientists have managed to extract, from rock pool slime, a chemical that stops dead MRSA. Anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory drugs are being sought from the same source. 

Interaction of WGA with a soluble, linear peptidoglycan secreted by Micrococcus luteus, and with the teichoic acid of Staphyloccus aureus H, was demonstrated by agaT-gel diffusion, quantitative precipitation, and inhibition of trypsinized rabbit-erythrocyte hemagglutination.500 No interaction was observed with the teichoic acid from a phage-resistant mutant (S. aureus 52A2) that lacked 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose residues. 

These products are also used in aromatherapy. See Ranganna, S., Govin-darajan, V.S., and Ramana, K.V., Citrus fruits — varieties, chemistry, technology, and quality evaluation. A chemistry, Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nutri. 18, 313-386, 1983 Kalemba, D. and Kunicka, A., Antibacterial and antifungal properties of essential oils, Curr. Med. Chem. 10, 813-829, 2003 Halcon, L. and Milkus, K., Staphyloccus aureus and wounds a review of tea tree oil as a promising antimicrobial, Amer. J. Infect. Control 32, 402-408, 2004. 

Pierson DL, Chidambaram M, Headi JD, Mallary L, Mishra SK, Sharma B, Weinstock GM. Epidemiology of Staphyloccus aureus during space flight. reMS Immunol Med Microbiol 1996 16 273-81. 

R. Ventilator-associated pneumonia by Staphyloccus aureus comparison of methicillin-resistant and methicillin sensitive episodes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994 150 1545-1549. 

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