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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Microbiology (Reading). 2009 Jan;155(Pt 1):61–68. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.023077-0

Table 1.

Growth advantages in the liaS mutant

Mode of Action Compounds
Cell wall synthesis Fosphomycin, Glycine, Cefsulodin, Cetoperazone, cephalosporin, Cefoxitin, Moxalactam, Piperacillin, D-Cycloserine, Ceftriaxone
Membrane and ion channel 4-Aminopyridine, Polymyxin B, Colistin
DNA damage Semicarbazide hydrochloride, Hydroxylamine, Phleomycin
DNA synthesis Nitrofurantoin, Bleomycin
DNA unwinding Norfloxacin, Ciprofloxacin, Oxolinic acid, Lomefloxacin, Ofloxacin, Enoxacin, Nalidixic acid
DNA intercalator 4-Hydroxycoumarin
DNA methyltransferase 5-Azacytidine
Nucleic acid analogs Cytosine arabinoside, 5-Fluorouracil, 5-Fluoro-5′-deoxyuridine
Folate antagonist Sulfachloropyridazine, Sulfanilamide, Sulfamethazine, Sulfamethoxazole, Trimethoprim,, Sulfisoxazole
Ribonucletide reductase Hydroxyurea
Thymidylate synthetase Trifluorothymidine
t-RNA synthetase L-Glutamic-g-Hydroxamate, Glycine Hydroxamate
Protein synthesis Cinoxacin, Capreomycin, Chloramphenicol, Spectinomycin*, Streptomycin, Hygromycin, Geneticin (G418), Tetracycline, Gentamicin, Amikacin, Kanamycin, Minocycline
Osmotic sensitivity 1% NaCl, 3% Sodium Sulfate
Oxidizing agents D,L-ThiocticAcid
Respiration Pentachlorophenol (PCP), Sorbic Acid, Sodium Caprylate, Cinnamic Acid, Sodium azide
Toxic anion Sodium Nitrite, Sodium Metaborate, Sodium Tungstate, Sodium Arsenate, Sodium Dichromate
Toxic cation Cesium chloride, Thallium (I) acetate, Chromium Chloride, Ferric Chloride, Aluminum Sulfate, Boric Acid, Potassium Tellurite, Sodium periodate, Potassium chromate, Sodium metasilicate
Chelating agents Sodium pyrophosphate decahydrate, EGTA, EDTA, Fusaric Acid
Others* 5-Fluoroorotic Acid, Chlorambucil, Thiosalicylate, Ethionamide, Patulin, Apramycin, Triclosan, Chloroxylenol, Aminotriazole, PMSF, Phenylarsine Oxide
a

Mode of action includes anti-capsule, antimicrobial, fatty-acid synthesis, histidine biosynthesis, tyrosine phosphatase.

*

IBS148 contains a spectinomycin resistant gene.