Table 1 Mutations present in P. aeruginosa strains passaged in increasing concentrations of octenidine followed by 10 passages on TSA in the absence of octenidine.

From: Pseudomonas aeruginosa adapts to octenidine via a combination of efflux and membrane remodelling

Parental strain

SmvR (186aa)

PssA (271aa)

PgsA (186aa)

Other

OCT MIC fold increase over parental strain

NCTC 13437

K51Ra

D240E

 

SNP in smvA/R promoter

256

372261 LCV

R3C

V222G

  

32

372261 SCV

123a

  

ParS A168V

32

CAS2

Δ43–52

D240G

 

PmrB S284N, HasR V667I

128

CAS3

A143P

V222G

  

64

CAS4

Δ82–109

 

T58M

PmrB T132P

32

GH12

Δ106–109

V222G

  

64

PAO1

Δ106–109

  

PA3328 P51H (probable FAD-dependent monooxygenase)

2

  1. LCV large-colony variant, SCV small-colony variant, aa amino acid.
  2. aPremature stop codon.