Isolation and characterization of norfloxacin-resistant mutants of Escherichia coli K-12.

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Hirai K, Aoyama H, Suzue S, Irikura T, Iyobe S, Mitsuhashi S

Isolation and characterization of norfloxacin-resistant mutants of Escherichia coli K-12.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1986 Aug;30(2):248-53.

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We isolated spontaneous mutants from Escherichia coli K-12 with low-level resistance to norfloxacin. These mutants were classified into the following three types on the basis of their properties: (i) NorA appeared to result for mutation in the gyrA locus for the A subunit of DNA gyrase; (ii) NorB showed low-level resistance to quinolones and other antimicrobial agents (e.g., cefoxitin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline), and the norB gene was considered to map at about 34 min on the E. coli K-12 chromosome; (iii) NorC was less susceptible to norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin but was hypersusceptible to hydrophobic quinolones such as nalidixic acid and rosoxacin, hydrophobic antibiotics, dyes, and detergents. Susceptibility to bacteriophages and the hydrophobicity of the NorC cell surface also differed from that of the parent strain. The norC gene was located near the lac locus at 8 min on the E. coli K-12 chromosome. Both NorB and NorC mutants had a lower rate of norfloxacin uptake, and it was found that the NorB mutant was altered in OmpF porin and that the NorC mutant was altered in both OmpF porin and apparently in the lipopolysaccharide structure of the outer membrane.

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Drug	Target	Kind	Organism	Pharmacological Action	Actions
Rosoxacin	DNA gyrase subunit B	Protein	Escherichia coli (strain K12)	Yes	Inhibitor	Details