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. 2023 Nov 29;11(12):2880. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11122880

Table 1.

Conjugation frequency and fold change in filter mating assays for E. coli isolates carrying different incompatibility family plasmids submitted to sub dosage of zinc oxide.

Control ½ MIC
Plasmids MIC (µg/mL) CF FC CF FC
IncL 1024 1.19 × 100 ± 2.65 × 10−2 1 1.38 × 101 ± 4.54 × 100 13.8 **
IncA/C 256 1.00 × 100 ± 5.30 × 10−1 1 9.93 × 100 ± 4.54 × 100 9.9 *
IncI1 1024 9.99 × 10−1 ± 7.98 × 10−1 1 3.77 × 100 ± 2.19 × 100 3.8
IncF 256 6.20 × 10−1 ± 1.07 × 100 1 1.54 × 10−1 ± 1.44 × 10−1 0.12
IncX3 256 9.99 × 10−1 ± 3.83 × 10−1 1 1.84 × 101 ± 1.03 × 101 18.4 *

CF: conjugate on frequency; FC: fold change; * Bold: p < 0.05; ** Bold: p < 0.01.