Escherichia coli mar and acrAB Mutants Display No Tolerance to Simple Alcohols

The inducible Mar phenotype of Escherichia coli is associated with increased tolerance to multiple hydrophobic antibiotics as well as some highly hydrophobic organic solvents such as cyclohexane, mediated mainly through the AcrAB/TolC efflux system. The influence of water miscible alcohols ethanol a...

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Main Authors: Jonas Ankarloo, Susanne Wikman, Ian A. Nicholls
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-03-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/11/4/1403/