TABLE 2.
smc null mutants are hypersensitive to an inhibitor of DNA gyrase
| Coumermycin A1 concn (μg/ml) | % Viabilitya of:
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Wild type | Δsmc mutant | |
| 0 | 100 | 100 |
| 0.25 | 100 | 3.7 |
| 0.5 | 100 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 2.1 | 0.02 |
On LB agar plates with the indicated concentration of coumermycin A1 relative to plates without coumermycin A1. Each value is the average of at least three experiments.