The purposeful development of synthetic antibacterial compounds requires an understanding of the relationship between effects of compounds and their chemical structure. This knowledge can be obtained by studying changes in bacteria ultrastructure under the action of antibacterial compounds of a certain chemical structure. Our study was aimed at examination of ultrastructural changes in cells caused by polycationic amphiphile based on 1,4‒diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DL12), ciprofloxacin and their hybrid (DLCip6); the samples were incubated for 15 and 45 min. DL12 first directly interacted with bacterial cell wall, damaging it, then penetrated into the cell and disrupted cytoplasm. Ciprofloxacin penetrated into cell without visually damaging the cell wall, but altered the cell membrane and cytoplasm, and inhibited the division of bacteria. The ultrastructural characteristics of cells damaged by the hybrid clearly differed from those under ciprofloxacin or DL12 action. Signs associated with ciprofloxacin predominated in cell damage patterns from the hybrid. We studied the effect of ciprofloxacin, DL12 and their hybrid on biofilm morphology using paraffin sections. Clear differences in compound effects on biofilm (45 min incubation) were observed. The results obtained allow us to recommend this simple and cheap approach for the initial assessment of antibiofilm properties of synthesized compounds.
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