Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various mainly toxic antibiotics derived from strains of the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa and used to treat various infections with gram-negative bacteria.
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- noun Any of several
toxic antibiotics , derived from thesoil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa, used to treatinfections bygram-negative bacteria
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- noun any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Antibiotics used during vaccine manufacture include neomycin, polymyxin B, streptomycin and gentamicin.
Antibiotics 2008
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A good ointment is one that contains a neomycin/polymyxin combination (for example Neosporin or Polysporin).
Chapter 31 1993
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Salmonella, PhoP in K. pneumoniae plays a major regulatory role in polymyxin B resistance.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Hsin-Yao Cheng 2010
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Deletion of the rcsB, which encoded an activator for the production of capsular polysaccharide, had a minor effect on K. pneumoniae resistance to polymyxin B.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Hsin-Yao Cheng 2010
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The polymyxin B resistance was shown to be regulated by the two-component response regulators PhoP and PmrA at low magnesium and high iron, respectively.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Hsin-Yao Cheng 2010
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The PmrD connector-mediated regulation for the expression of pmr genes involved in polymyxin B resistance was also demonstrated by DNA EMSA, two-hybrid analysis and in vitro phosphor-transfer assay.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Hsin-Yao Cheng 2010
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The cationic peptide antibiotic polymyxin has recently been reevaluated in the treatment of severe infections caused by gram negative bacteria.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Hsin-Yao Cheng 2010
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The study reports a role of the capsular polysaccharide level and the pmr genes for K. pneumoniae resistance to polymyxin B.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Hsin-Yao Cheng 2010
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In this study, the genetic determinants for capsular polysaccharide level and lipopolysaccharide modification involved in polymyxin B resistance of the opportunistic pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae were characterized.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Hsin-Yao Cheng 2010
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Salmonella, expression of pmrD in K. pneumoniae was dependent on PhoP, the activated PmrD would then bind to PmrA to prolong the phosphorylation state of the PmrA, and eventually turn on the expression of pmr for the resistance to polymyxin B. Conclusions
BioMed Central - Latest articles Hsin-Yao Cheng 2010
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