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Penicillin-G and G neg. bacteria

Gerd  gerdn at ibg.uit.no
Wed Mar 15 06:39:33 EST 2000


Testing Penicillin-G aganst several strains of bacteria was part of an
experiment I asked some students to do. 
In their reports some of the students mention that P-G is supposed to be
active against G+ bacteria, which is obvious, but in addition it's supposed
to be active against G neg. cocci. 
Anyone having an explanation? 
Personally I do only have teoretical knowledge about P-G, and my knowledge
about differences between cellwalls of cocci and bacilli is scarse. Could
anyone explain, please.

Gerd




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