Penicillin-Binding Proteins in the Pathogenic Intestinal Spirochete Brachyspira pilosicoli

Authors

Rohana P. Dassanayake, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Gautam Sarath, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Gerald E. Duhamel, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

4-1-2005

Comments

Published in ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, Apr. 2005, p. 1561–1563.

Abstract

Penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of slightly different molecular masses (94, 62 or 68, 42 or 50, 25, and 22 kDa) were identified in one human and two porcine Brachyspira pilosicoli strains. Identification of PBPs of B. pilosicoli provides a basis for characterization of the genes encoding these proteins among pathogenic intestinal spirochetes of humans and animals.