Coexistence of Virulence Factors and Efflux Pump Genes in Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Analysis of Biofilm-Forming Strains from Iran

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The amplification and gel electrophoresis agarose 2% of EP genes in P. aeruginosa. (a) mexA with 503 bp, mexB with 280 bp; well 1: positive control, wells 3 to 9: positive strains with mexB; well 10: positive control, and wells 11 to 18: positive strains with mexA. (b) oprM with 247 bp, oprD with 156 bp; well 2: positive control, wells 3 to 10: positive strains with oprM; well 11: positive control, and wells 12 to 18: positive strains with oprD. (c) tetA with 138 bp, tetR with 84 bp; well 1: positive control, wells 2 to 7: positive strains with tetA; well 7: positive control, and wells 8 to 14: positive strains with tetR. (d) emrE with 249 bp; well 1: positive control and wells 2 to 8: positive strains with emrE. M Ladder 100 bp.

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