The effect of some β-lactam antibiotics
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Octavio V. Martinez; Howard G. Gratzner; Theodore I. Malinin; Marylou Ingram
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Article
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1982
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The effects of three beta‐lactam antibiotics on __Escherichia coli__ were studied by means of flow cytometry. Since these agents block bacterial cell wall synthesis in such manner as to prevent septal formation without appreciably affecting nucleic acid synthesis, the resulting cell elo