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. 2014 Feb;58(2):901–908. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01831-13

TABLE 4.

Activity of cadazolid and comparators in DNA topoisomerase assays

Enzyme IC50 (μM)
Cadazolidc Linezolid Ciprofloxacin Moxifloxacin
DNA gyrase (E. coli)a 8–32 >256 0.125–2 0.5
DNA topoIV (E. coli)b 32 to >50 >256 2–8 8
DNA gyrase (C. difficile)a >50 >256 >256 32–128
DNA gyrase (C. difficile)b >50 >256 >256 32–128
a

Supercoiling.

b

Decatenation.

c

Maximal solubility of cadazolid in assay buffer (2 to 5% DMSO), 50 μM.