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. 2001 Dec;45(12):3456–3461. doi: 10.1128/AAC.45.12.3456-3461.2001

TABLE 2.

IC50 values for nine antibiotics for the strain RN4220/pTOO24 as measured by an inducible bioluminescence system and a conventional growth inhibition assay

Antibiotic IC50 (μg/ml) with method
Bioluminescence Cultivation
Rifampin 0.0018 0.003
Tetracycline 0.0195 0.02
Chloramphenicol 0.408 0.906
Ampicillin 0.350 0.211
Cefotaxime 0.077 0.080
Norfloxacin 0.604 0.529
Ciprofloxacin 0.349 0.247
Spiramycin 5.105 4.486
Erythromycin 0.030 0.225