{"title":"Mode of Synergism between Colistin and Sulfisomezole in Inhibiting the Growth of Proteus Organism","authors":"Y. Onozawa, K. Kumagai, N. Ishida","doi":"10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00339.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00339.X","url":null,"abstract":"When either colistin at 1,000 μg/ml or sulfisomezole at 125 μg/ml was used separately, growth of a strain of Proteus mirabilis was not inhibited. However, when 1 μg/ml of colistin and 25 μg/ml of sulfisomezole were used together in agar media, growth was inhibited. The synergistic action of colistin and sulfisomezole was also demonstrated in broth culture, when a smaller inoculum such as 106 cells/ml was used. The lethal and lytic effect of this synergism parallels the characteristic effect of colistin towards colistin-sensitive gram-negative organisms. When the mode of this synergistic action was analyzed by adding each compound in sequence to a growing culture of Proteus, it was found that growth of organism for about 4 generations in the presence of sulfisomezole was a prerequisite for revealing the lethal and lytic effects of colistin. In cultures where these two compounds were present at the beginning of incubation, the synergistic effect was abolished by the addition of p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) at an early stage of incubation, but not at a late stage. Methionine, serine, and betaine, when used together, had the same effect as PABA. An insufficiency of the three compounds induced by sulfisomezole, was considered to afford the receptor site of colistin to Proteus.","PeriodicalId":14559,"journal":{"name":"Japanese journal of microbiology","volume":"86 1","pages":"221-227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74611490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Grouping of RNA Phages by a Millipore Filtration Method","authors":"T. Miyake, T. Shiba, I. Watanabe","doi":"10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00337.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00337.X","url":null,"abstract":"Twenty-five strains of RNA phages were tested for their filtration and elution patterns (F-E patterns) by a millipore filtration method. These strains, including MS2, f2 and R17, were separated in three groups in this aspect. We named these groups as group I, II and III. According to this grouping, MS2, f2 and R17 belonged to group I and Qβ belonged to group III. Furthermore, it was shown that group III was further divided in two sub-groups (IIIa and IIIb) by this method. Grouping based on the F-E patterns was in extremely good accordance with the grouping based on the serological properties. This grouping was also supported by the results of chemical and physical analyses of these RNA phages, that is, RNA phages which belonged to the same group had several common properties. Basic Information on the millipore filtration method was also presented in this paper.","PeriodicalId":14559,"journal":{"name":"Japanese journal of microbiology","volume":"44 1","pages":"203-211"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86134218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two types of slowly growing, nonphotochromogenic mycobacteria obtained from soil by the mouse passage method: Mycobacterium terrae and Mycobacterium novum.","authors":"M. Tsukamura","doi":"10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00333.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00333.X","url":null,"abstract":"Two types of slowly growing, nonphotochromogenic mycobacteria, Mycobacterium terrae and Mycobacterium novum, were isolated from soil by mouse body passage method. The former was presented previously by the present author as a new species. Its characteristics are better clarified in this paper based on the data of 93 strains. Mycobacterium novum is a slowly growing nonphotochromogen. It grows at 10 to 14 days on egg media and does not grow on Sauton agar. It grows on Ogawa egg medium containing either 0.2% (w/v) sodium p-aminosalicylate, 0.1% (w/v) sodium salicylate or 0.25 mg/ml NH2OH·HCl. It is differentiated from M. tuberculosis, M. bovis and M. microti by these characters. It grows at 28 C and 37 C, but does not grow at 45 C. Other characteristics are: nitrate not reduced; negative two week arylsulphatase; negative niacin test; and no amidase clemonstrated. None of the carbohydrates and nitrogen compounds tested could be utilized as the sole source of carbon or of nitrogen in synthetic agar medium. It survived in mouse organs for three to four weeks. It was noticed that these mycobacteria occur very commonly in soil.","PeriodicalId":14559,"journal":{"name":"Japanese journal of microbiology","volume":"87 1","pages":"163-172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81288860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drug Resistance of Enteric Bacteria:XII. Unique Substrate Specificity of Penicillinase Produced by R Factor","authors":"R. Egawa, T. Sawai, S. Mitsuhashi","doi":"10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00334.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00334.X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14559,"journal":{"name":"Japanese journal of microbiology","volume":"53 1","pages":"173-178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76581398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some Ionic Factors Affecting Efficiency of Infection of African Green Monkey Kidney Cultures with SV40 DNA in Isotonic Saline Media","authors":"A. Ishikawa, A. Furuno","doi":"10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00340.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00340.X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14559,"journal":{"name":"Japanese journal of microbiology","volume":"8 1","pages":"229-232"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84816301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tokumitsu Tanaka, H. Hashimoto, Y. Nagai, S. Mitsuhashi
{"title":"Drug Resistance of Enteric Bacteria:XI. Isolation of Shigella Strains in Hetero-R State","authors":"Tokumitsu Tanaka, H. Hashimoto, Y. Nagai, S. Mitsuhashi","doi":"10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00332.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00332.X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14559,"journal":{"name":"Japanese journal of microbiology","volume":"7 1","pages":"155-162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83753223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Harada, M. Kameda, Mitsue Suzuki, S. Mitsuhashi
{"title":"Drug Resistance of Enteric Bacteria:X. Recombination of Defective R (TC) Factor with Other Episomes","authors":"K. Harada, M. Kameda, Mitsue Suzuki, S. Mitsuhashi","doi":"10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00330.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00330.X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14559,"journal":{"name":"Japanese journal of microbiology","volume":"66 1","pages":"143-151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80367287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Naide, T. Kawamura, K. Makino, H. Tamura, Tsutomu Watanabe
{"title":"Prevalence of Transferable Drug Resistance in Drug‐Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Urinary Tract Infections in Japan","authors":"Y. Naide, T. Kawamura, K. Makino, H. Tamura, Tsutomu Watanabe","doi":"10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00324.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00324.X","url":null,"abstract":"Many urinary isolates which belong to the Enterobacteriaceae and bear multiple drug resistance were shown to harbor transmissible resistance factors (R factors). The levels of resistance were almost uniform in every strain investigated. The resistance markers were usually transferred as a unit. Frequency of transfer varied from host to host even when the same recipient strain was employed. However, no remarkable differences were observed in successive transfers of R factors between substrains of Escherichia coli K-12. The role of R factors in urinary tract infection is discussed.","PeriodicalId":14559,"journal":{"name":"Japanese journal of microbiology","volume":"77 1","pages":"87-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83911588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some Physical Properties of Phage F of Bacillus subtilis","authors":"Kenji Watanabe, W. Szybalski","doi":"10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00331.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00331.X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14559,"journal":{"name":"Japanese journal of microbiology","volume":"31 1","pages":"153-154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82427567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Oshima, U. Kawaharada, T. Kasuga, S. Mitsuhashi
{"title":"Changes in the Phage‐Typing Patterns of Staphylococci Following Lysogenization","authors":"H. Oshima, U. Kawaharada, T. Kasuga, S. Mitsuhashi","doi":"10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00328.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1348-0421.1967.TB00328.X","url":null,"abstract":"The phage typing patterns of phage type 52/52A/80/81 staphylococcal strains were changed to type 80/81 and the non-typable group by lysogenization with phages 27 and 146. When a particular strain of Staphylococcus aureus, MS1590 phage type 52/52A/80/81, was lysogenized with phage 146, type 80/81 and the non-typable group strains were produced. According to the comparison of host range of the prophages, it has been concluded that the two strains with different phage typing patterns have different kinds of prophages.","PeriodicalId":14559,"journal":{"name":"Japanese journal of microbiology","volume":"206 1","pages":"129-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73024157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}