TABLE 1.

Susceptibilities of transformants to antimicrobial agents

Antimicrobial class and antimicrobial agent	MIC (μg/ml)		Relative resistancea
	E. coli KAM32/pUC18	E. coli KAM32/pABE618
Aminoglycosides
Kanamycin	1	2	2
Gentamicin	0.25	1	4
Quinolones
Norfloxacin	0.03	1	32
Ofloxacin	0.015	0.06	4
Ciprofloxacin	<0.008	0.125	16
β-Lactam, imipenem	0.25	0.25	1
Erythromycin	4	8	2
Tetracycline	0.5	0.5	1
Chloramphenicol	1	2	2
Others
SDSb	>128	>128	1
DAPI	0.5	8	16
TPPCl	8	16	2
Triclosan	0.5	2	4
Acriflavine	2	32	16
Hoechst 33342	0.5	32	64
Daunorubicin	4	64	16
Doxorubicin	1	128	128
Trimethoprim	0.125	0.25	2
Rhodamine 6G	8	64	8
Ethidium bromide	4	128	32

^aRelative resistance: MIC in E. coli harboring pABE618/MIC in E. coli harboring pUC18.

^bSDS, sodium dodecyl sulfate.