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Metabolic compensation of fitness costs associated with overexpression of the multidrug efflux pump MexEF-OprN in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2014
Olivares Jorge, Álvarez-Ortega Carolina, Martinez José Luis
Abstract excerpt
The acquisition of antibiotic resistance has been associated with a possible nonspecific, metabolic burden that is reflected in decreased fitness among resistant bacteria. We have recently demonstrated that overexpression of the MexEF-OprN multidrug efflux pump does not produce a metabolic burden when measured by classical competitions tests but rather leads to a number of changes in the organism's physiology....
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