TABLE 1.
Evaluation of Tn:0982 antibiotic susceptibility by disc diffusion testinga
| Antibiotic | Zone of inhibition (diam [mm]) for A. baumannii strain |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ab5075 | Tn:0982 (1) | Tn:0982 (2) | Tn:0982(pEmpty) | Tn:0982(p0982) | |
| PMB | 13 ± 0.5 | 13.5 ± 0.5 | 13.5 ± 0.5 | 16 ± 1.4 | 13 ± 0.5 |
| TET | 17 ± 0.5 | 12 ± 0.5 | 12 ± 0.5 | 15 ± 0 | 13 ± 0.5 |
| RIF | 14 ± 0.5 | 14.5 ± 0.5 | 14.5 ± 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| CHL | 0 | 21 ± 0.8 | 23.5 ± 0.8 | 24 ± 1.4 | 0 |
a
Antibiotic susceptibilities of Acinetobacter baumannii 5075-based strains were evaluated using a disc diffusion method with LB-agarose plates. The mutants are described in Materials and Methods. PMB, polymyxin B; TET, tetracycline; RIF, rifampin; CHL, chloramphenicol.