Open AccessProduction of the cryptic EefABC efflux pump in Enterobacter aerogenes chloramphenicol-resistant mutants
Author(s) -
Muriel Masi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkl139
Subject(s) - enterobacter aerogenes , efflux , mutant , chloramphenicol , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , multiple drug resistance , chemistry , drug resistance , antibiotics , genetics , escherichia coli , gene
AcrAB-TolC is the major tripartite multidrug efflux pump in Enterobacter aerogenes while EefABC is a cryptic efflux system. This study was conducted to identify and characterize E. aerogenes mutants producing the EefABC efflux pump.
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