Table 1 MIC of D-cycloserine against different strains of E. coli and B. subtilis expressing ddl.

From: Integron gene cassettes harboring novel variants of d-alanine-d-alanine ligase confer high-level resistance to d-cycloserine

Bacterial strain

Plasmid vector

Inserts and their size

MIC of D-cycloserine (µg/mL)

MIC of vancomycin (µg/mL)

E. coli ɑ-select

EC121

pGEM-TEasy

Empty (vector control)

8

ND

EC126

pGEM-TEasy

intI-attI-ddl6 (2024 bp)

16

ND

EC127

pGEM-TEasy

intI-attI-ddl7 (2024 bp)

64

ND

EC206

pGEM-TEasy

intI-attI-ddl6 c.490 C > T (2024 bp)

16

ND

EC207

pGEM-TEasy

intI-attI-ddl6 c.777G > T (2024 bp)

64

ND

B. subtilis 168

BS700

pHCMC05

Empty (vector control)

8

< 0.125

BS706

pHCMC05

pHCMC05:: ddl6

64

< 0.125

BS707

pHCMC05

pHCMC05:: ddl7

64

< 0.125

  1. ND not determined.