Table 4. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of various antibiotics for C. glutamicum strains.
Antibiotics | MIC (µg ml−1) | ||
WT(pXMJ19) | Δmca(pXMJ19) | Δmca(pXMJ19-mca) | |
Macrolide | |||
Erythromycin | 25.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 |
Lincomycin | 62.50 | 62.50 | 62.50 |
Rifamycin S | 12.50 | 3.125 | 6.25–3.125 |
Spectinomycin | 128.00 | 128.00 | 128.00 |
β-Lactam | |||
Penicillin | >350.00 | >350.00 | >350.00 |
Glycopeptide | |||
Vancomycin | 32.00 | 16.00–8.00 | 32.00–16.00 |
Aminoglycoside | |||
Streptomycin | 1.25 | 0.3125–0.156 | 0.625 |
Neomycin | 7.50 | 3.75 | 7.50 |
Gentamycin | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
Quinolone | |||
Ciprofloxacin | 1.562 | 0.391 | 1.562–0.781 |
Tetracycline | |||
Tetracycline | 3.125 | 0.781 | 1.562 |
**P≤0.01 versus wild type for the mutants.
The values are mean±SD for three independent determinations.