“…Among Enterobacteriaceae and other Gram-negative rods, the involvement of the AcrAB-TolC efflux pump in antimicrobial resistance (including resistance to -lactams, tigecycline, and others) and virulence has been extensively studied in species of clinical importance, including E. coli, K. pneumoniae, S. enterica serovar Typhimurium, Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterobacter cloacae, Vibrio cholerae, Francisella tularensis, Burkholderia pseudomallei, P. aeruginosa, Proteus mirabilis, and Brucella spp. (69)(70)(71)(72)(73)(74)(75)(76)(77)(78)(79)(80)(81)(82)(83)(84)(85), as well as nonpathogenic microorganisms such as Ralstonia solanacearum and Erwinia spp. among others (86,87).…”