Table 2.
Non-metabolite stimulators of bactericidal activity of aminoglycosides
| Effector | Hypothesised mechanism | Bacterial species | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| n-butanol | PMF dependent | S. aureus, S. pyogenes, E. faecalis, S. epidermidis, | Lv et al. (2022) |
| Iron | PMF dependent and PMF independent | E. coli | Kohanski et al. (2007); Ezraty et al. (2013); Dwyer et al. (2015); Ezraty and Barras (2016) |
| Silver | PMF independent | E. coli, C. difficile | Morones-Ramirez et al. (2013); Herisse et al. (2017) |
| Rhamnolipids | PMF independent | S. aureus | Radlinski et al. (2019) |
| Rapid freezing | PMF independent | E. coli, P. aeruginosa | Zhao et al. (2020) |
The hypothesised mechanism of aminoglycoside potentiation is displayed along with the bacterial species tested