In vitro activity of nadifloxacin against several Gram-positive bacteria and analysis of the possible evolution of resistance after 2 years of use in Germany.

Nadifloxacin has good activity against Propionibacterium acnes as well as against both meticillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA and MRSA, respectively) and Staphylococcus epidermidis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the activity of this fluoroquinolone against the abovementioned microorganisms, comparing isolates collected in 2007 in Germany, a country where nadifloxacin has been used for the last 2 years, with isolates collected from 2006-2007 in Spain where nadifloxacin has not been used. A collection of P.

A colorimetric assay for the determination of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate synthase activity.

A new method for the determination of the activity of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate synthase, the enzyme catalyzing the third reaction of the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate pathway for biosynthesis of isoprenoids, is described. This is an end-point assay based on the transformation of inorganic pyrophosphate, one of the products of the reaction, to phosphate by using inorganic pyrophosphatase as auxiliary enzyme. The phosphate formed is reacted then with the dye malachite green to yield a colored product which can be determined spectrophotometrically.