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. 2018 Sep 10;9:3673. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06143-y

Table 3.

The number of antimicrobial resistant mutants with resistance-associated mutations

Resistance mechanism CIPR MECR NITR TMPR
Drug target Modification 10a 6
Overproduction 6
Drug activation Nitroreductase disruption 10
Drug uptake Porin mutation 1
Efflux AcrAB-TolC 7 1
MdtK 9 1
MdfA 1
EmrAB-TolC 7
ABC transport 1
ppGpp synthesis (stringent response activation) Stringent response 4
tRNA synthesis 4
tRNA processing 1
Cellular metabolism 3

aAll mutants resistant to ciprofloxacin contained one mutation in the gyrA gene, except the K56-2 CIPR mutant that contained two mutations in gyrA and a mutation in parC