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A bioluminescent assay implementing a classical agar diffusion approach was coupled to an automated data processing pipeline developed to extract and analyse luminescence data from over 2000 antibiotic\/biosensor combination profiles.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In addition to quinolones previously reported as inducing the expression of SXT mobility genes, we found that specific antibiotics belonging to other classes, such as imipenem and azithromycin, also behave as inducers. The use of a control set of constitutive biosensors also revealed an unexpected intricate relationship between cell respiration and light production that allowed the identification of antibiotics interfering with the respiration process.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The effect of antibiotics goes beyond the interaction with their primary cell targets and may lead to adverse effects such as triggering the dissemination of resistance by MGEs, sometimes in unpredictable ways. 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