Table 4. Antibiotic resistance of ZJ-T, △hfq-T and hfq+-T.

Antibiotics	Concentration	Size of inhibition zone (mm)			p-value
	(μg/per disk)	ZJ-T	Δhfq-T	hfq+-T	(Δhfq-T vs ZJ-T) a
lincomycin	2	0	0	0	1.00
vancomycin	30	8.80±1.30	13.40±0.89	8.40±1.52	0.00
clindamycin	2	0	0	0	1.00
streptomycin	300	12.60±1.52	14.80±1.92	12.67±2.08	0.24
ampicillin	10	0	0	0	1.00
oxacillin	1	0	0	0	1.00
piperacillin	100	0	0	0	1.00
kanamycin	30	11.80±0.84	14.40±1.52	11.40±1.14	0.00
penicillin-G	10	0	0	0	1.00
cefazolin	30	13.50±3.54	14.50±3.54	14.50±3.54	0.796
tobramycin	10	11.00±2.00	14.67±0.58	11.00±1.73	0.03
neomycin	30	14.67±1.15	17.00±1.00	14.67±1.15	0.04
novobiocin	30	19.00±3.46	21.00±3.61	18.33±2.31	0.34
erythromycin	15	16.00±1.00	17.67±3.06	16.33±1.53	0.36
medemycin	30	11.00±1.41	11.50±0.71	11.00±1.41	0.71
polymyxin B	300	13.50±2.12	14.00±1.41	12.50±2.12	0.81
acetylspiramycin	30	0	0	0	1.00
spectinomycin	100	12.50±0.71	11.00±1.41	10.50±2.12	0.40
cefixime	5	16.67±4.73	19.35±1.15	18.33±4.04	0.41
amoxicillin	10	0	0	0	1.00
azithromycin	15	17.00±1.00	19.67±2.52	18.00±1.00	0.11
clarithromycin	15	13.00±2.00	13.00±2.83	11.50±3.54	1.00
teicoplanin	30	8.50±0.71	10.00±0.00	8.50±0.71	0.08
fosfomycin	200	17.00±1.73	22.67±0.58	15.00±1.00	0.00
gentamicin	120	19.50±0.71	18.50±0.71	16.50±0.71	0.25

^a There is no significant difference (p>0.05) between the wild type ZJ-T and the complemented strain hfq+-T.