| Literature DB >> 31451505 |
Yuiko Takebayashi1, Emma S Taylor1, Sam Whitwam1, Matthew B Avison2.
Abstract
Mutants with enhanced growth in the presence of an antibiotic are more difficult to identify than mutants where the antibiotic's MIC increases, because they are not amenable to lethal selection in vitro We report that activatory mutations in the CreC signal sensor enhance growth of Escherichia coli in the presence of cefoxitin, cefotaxime, and meropenem, without increasing their MICs. Enhanced growth is dependent on overproduction of the inner membrane cre regulon protein CreD.Entities:
Keywords: fitness; tolerance; two-component system
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31451505 PMCID: PMC6811401 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00846-19
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191