The researchers showed that the malacidins work differently
from daptomycin and friulimicin, which kill bacteria by disrupting cell membranes and inhibiting cell wall biosynthesis, respectively.
Not exact matches
The vast majority of the antibiotics stocking our pharmacy shelves —
from old standards like tetracycline to antibiotics of last resort like vancomycin and, most recently,
daptomycin — are derived
from soil organisms.
Daptomycin - resistant Enterococcus faecalis diverts the antibiotic molecule
from the division septum and remodels cell membrane phospholipids.