The activity of daptomycin on Enterococcus faecium protoplasts: indirect evidence supporting a novel mode of action on lipoteichoic acid synthesis.

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Published in J Antimicrob Chemother on February 01, 1993

Authors

M Boaretti1, P Canepari, M M Lleò, G Satta

Author Affiliations

1: Istituto di Microbiologia, Università di Verona, Italy.

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