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'''Ampicillin''', or '''aminobenzylpenicillin''', is a broad spectrum [[antibiotic]] and a derivative of [[penicillin]]. It is used to treat infections of [[E. coli]], [[P. mirabilis]], [[enterococci]], [[Shigella]], [[S. typhosa]] and other [[Salmonella]], nonpenicillinase-producing [[N. gononhoeae]], [[H. influenzae]], [[staphylococci]], and [[streptococci]] including [[streptoc]]. It is also widely used in [[molecular biology]] labs during the over-expression of proteins in bacterial cells that are tolerant of ampicillin. This ensures that only the bacteria of interest grow in the media and produce the protein of interest. | '''Ampicillin''', or '''aminobenzylpenicillin''', is a broad spectrum [[antibiotic]] and a derivative of [[penicillin]]. It is used to treat infections of [[E. coli]], [[P. mirabilis]], [[enterococci]], [[Shigella]], [[S. typhosa]] and other [[Salmonella]], nonpenicillinase-producing [[N. gononhoeae]], [[H. influenzae]], [[staphylococci]], and [[streptococci]] including [[streptoc]]. It is also widely used in [[molecular biology]] labs during the over-expression of proteins in bacterial cells that are tolerant of ampicillin. This ensures that only the bacteria of interest grow in the media and produce the protein of interest. | ||
Ampicillin is a penicillin beta-lactam antibiotic used to eliminate susceptible, usually gram-positive, organisms. Like penicillin, ampicillin inhibits the last stage of bacterial cell wall synthesis by binding to specific penicillin-binding proteins in the bacterial cell wall. | Ampicillin is a penicillin beta-lactam antibiotic used to eliminate susceptible, usually gram-positive, organisms. Like penicillin, ampicillin inhibits the last stage of bacterial cell wall synthesis by binding to specific penicillin-binding proteins in the bacterial cell wall. | ||
== External links == | |||
* {{DailyMed}} | |||
* Drug Bank at http://www.drugbank.ca/cgi-bin/getCard.cgi?CARD=DB00415.txt | |||
Revision as of 11:18, 6 February 2008
Ampicillin, or aminobenzylpenicillin, is a broad spectrum antibiotic and a derivative of penicillin. It is used to treat infections of E. coli, P. mirabilis, enterococci, Shigella, S. typhosa and other Salmonella, nonpenicillinase-producing N. gononhoeae, H. influenzae, staphylococci, and streptococci including streptoc. It is also widely used in molecular biology labs during the over-expression of proteins in bacterial cells that are tolerant of ampicillin. This ensures that only the bacteria of interest grow in the media and produce the protein of interest.
Ampicillin is a penicillin beta-lactam antibiotic used to eliminate susceptible, usually gram-positive, organisms. Like penicillin, ampicillin inhibits the last stage of bacterial cell wall synthesis by binding to specific penicillin-binding proteins in the bacterial cell wall.
External links
- Ampicillin - FDA approved drug information (drug label) from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
- Drug Bank at http://www.drugbank.ca/cgi-bin/getCard.cgi?CARD=DB00415.txt