Table 6.
Fitness costs of Myx-resistant mutants after 0, 1, and 2 serial passages
RNAP subunit and mutationa | No. of serial passages | Fitness cost (% per generation [± SEM]) |
---|---|---|
β 1080 (1275) Val → Ile | 0 | 8 (±2) |
1 | 9 (±1) | |
2 | 9 (±1) | |
β¢ 334 (345) Lys → Asn | 0 | 6 (±2) |
1 | 6 (±1) | |
2 | 8 (±1) |
Residues are numbered as in S. aureus RNAP and, in parentheses, as in E. coli RNAP.