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. 1998 Sep;42(9):2304–2311. doi: 10.1128/aac.42.9.2304

TABLE 2.

Characteristics of OFX-selected mutants of M. hominisa

Group and strain MIC (μg/ml)
Mutationb in QRDR of:
NFX PFX OFX CFX SFX GyrA GyrB ParC ParE
Parent M. hominis PG21 8 2 0.5 0.2 0.01
First-step mutants IO1–IO6 16 8 2 1 0.02 None None None Asp426→Asn
Second-step mutants IIO1–IIO6 32 16 4 2 0.05 None None None Asp426→Asn
Third-step mutants
 IIIO316 64 16 32 16 4 Ser83→Leu None None Asp426→Asn
 IIIO58 32 16 8 2 0.1 None None None Asp426→Asn
 IIIO516 64 16 32 16 2 Ser83→Leu None None Asp426→Asn
 IIIO68 32 16 8 2 0.1 None None None Asp426→Asn
 IIIO616 32 16 32 8 2 Ser83→Leu None None Asp426→Asn
Fourth-step mutants
 IVO3 64 16 32 8 1 Ser83→Leu None Asp69→Tyr Asp426→Asn
 IVO5 64 32 32 16 4 Ser83→Trp None None Asp426→Asn
a

Laboratory strains IO1 to IVO5 were derived from parent wild-type strain PG21 by stepwise selection. 

b

M. hominis GyrA, ParC, and ParE residues are numbered in accordance with the E. coli GyrA, ParC, and GyrB coordinates.