Figure 2.
Association of MexAB-OprM regulators and MexEF-OprN regulators with biofilm formation, swarming, pigment, oprD gene and antibiotic resistance. SBP: Strong biofilm producer; Swarming: Microorganisms showing swarming motility; Pigment: Presence of pigment; OprD (RM): Presence of relevant modifications in OprD (frameshifts + premature STOPs + no amplification); Carbapenem: resistance to carbapenems; MDR: Multidrug resistance. (a) MexAB-OprM regulators. IM: Irrelevant modifications (amino acid substitution + amino acid insertions + amino acid deletions); RM. Relevant Modifications (frameshifts + premature STOPs + no amplification); *p: 0.006; **p < 0.0001. (b) MexEF-OprN regulators. PA14: Sequence identical to PA14; NA: no amplification. *p: 0.004. Only the isolates presenting the genotypes PA14/PA14 (47 isolates) and NA/PA14 (34 isolates) were analysed.