Antibiotic P.aeruginosa isolate1    MIC(µg/mL) E.coli transconjugants  P.aeruginosa   Plasmid Cured
C 0.5 0.5 0.5
Gm >5 >5 0.1
PIT >5 >5 0.5
CPM >30 >30 1.0
C: Chloramphenicol; Gm: Gentamicin; PIT: Piperacillin / Tazobactam; CPM:
Cefepime;
MIC: Minimum Inhibitory Concentration;
The inoculums size was 108 CFU/mL.
Muller-Hinton agar was used for MIC determination
Table 2: Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of four antibiotics against P.aeruginosa isolate1, E.coliATCC25922 (Rifr) transconjugants and plasmid cured derivative.