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. 2013 Dec 5;2013:204141. doi: 10.1155/2013/204141

Table 1.

Efflux pumps of the MFS family with clinically relevant antibiotics as their substrates.

Bacterium Efflux pump Antibiotic substrates References
Acinetobacter baumannii SmvA EM [86, 87]
CraA CM [88]
CmlA CM [89]
Bacillus subtilis Bmr3 FQ, PU [90]
LmrB DR, FQ, LC, PU [91]
MdtP AT, FU, NO, SM [92]
Bordetella bronchiseptica CmlB1 CM [93]
Clostridium difficile Cme EM [94]
Clostridium saccharolyticum Tet(40) TC [95]
Enterobacter aerogenes QepA FQ [96]
Enterococcus faecium EfmA FQ [97]
Escherichia coli Mef(B) MC [98]
QepA2 FQ [99]
EmrAB-TolC FQ, TE [100]
Fsr TM [101]
MdfA FQ, MC, TE, CM [102]
Enterobacter aerogenes CmlB CM [103]
Listeria monocytogenes Lde FQ [104]
Mycobacterium smegmatis LfrA FQ [105]
Salmonella Typhimurium EmrAB NA, NO [106]
MdfA CM, DR, NF, TC [106]
Serratia marcescens SmfY NF [107]
Staphylococcus aureus MdeA FU, MU, NO, VM [108]
NorA FQ, CM [109]
NorB, NorC FQ [110, 111]
MsrA MC [108, 112]
LmrS LZ, EM, CM, TM, FU [62]
SdrM NF [113]
Tet(38) TC [111]
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Smlt0032 MC [114]
Streptococcus agalactiae MefB MC [115]
Streptococcus pyogenes MefA TC [116]
Streptococcus pneumoniae MefA, MefE MC [117, 118]
Streptomyces coelicolor CmlR1 CmlR2 CM FP [119]
Vibrio cholerae VceCAB NA, CM, EM [120]
EmrD-3 LZ, EM [61]

CM: chloramphenicol; DR: doxorubicin; EM: erythromycin; FP: florfenicol FQ: fluoroquinolones; FU: fusidic acid; LC: lincosamides; LZ: linezolid; MC: macrolides; MU: mupirocin; NF: norfloxacin; NO: novobiocin; PU: puromycin; SM: streptomycin; TC: tetracyclines; TM: trimethoprim; VM: virginiamycin.