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Low pH contributes to the proton-motive force (PMF) that drives most efflux pumps. We show how the PMF-dependent pumps AcrAB-TolC, MdtEF-TolC, and EmrAB-TolC undergo selection at low pH and in the presence of membrane-permeant phytochemicals. Competition assays were performed by flow cytometry of co-cultured\n              <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>\n              K-12 strains possessing or lacking a given pump complex. All three pumps showed negative selection under conditions that deplete PMF (pH 5.5 with carbonyl cyanide 3-chlorophenylhydrazone or at pH 8.0). At pH 5.5, selection against AcrAB-TolC was increased by aromatic acids, alcohols, and related phytochemicals such as methyl salicylate. The degree of fitness cost for AcrA was correlated with the phytochemical\u2019s lipophilicity (logP). Methyl salicylate and salicylamide selected strongly against AcrA, without genetic induction of drug resistance regulons. MdtEF-TolC and EmrAB-TolC each had a fitness cost at pH 5.5, but salicylate or benzoate made the fitness contribution positive. Pump fitness effects were not explained by gene expression (measured by digital PCR). Between pH 5.5 and 8.0,\n              <jats:italic>acrA<\/jats:italic>\n              and\n              <jats:italic>emrA<\/jats:italic>\n              were upregulated in the log phase, whereas\n              <jats:italic>mdtE<\/jats:italic>\n              expression was upregulated in the transition-to-stationary phase and at pH 5.5 in the log phase. Methyl salicylate did not affect pump gene expression. Our results suggest that lipophilic non-acidic molecules select against a major efflux pump without inducing antibiotic resistance regulons.\n            <\/jats:p>\n            <jats:sec>\n              <jats:title>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:title>\n              <jats:p>For drugs that are administered orally, we need to understand how ingested phytochemicals modulate drug resistance in our gut microbiome. Bacteria maintain low-level resistance by proton-motive force (PMF)-driven pumps that efflux many different antibiotics and cell waste products. These pumps play a key role in bacterial defense by conferring resistance to antimicrobial agents at first exposure while providing time for a pathogen to evolve resistance to higher levels of the antibiotic exposed. Nevertheless, efflux pumps confer energetic costs due to gene expression and pump energy expense. The bacterial PMF includes the transmembrane pH difference (\u0394pH), which may be depleted by permeant acids and membrane disruptors. Understanding the fitness costs of efflux pumps may enable us to develop resistance breakers, that is, molecules that work together with antibiotics to potentiate their effect. Non-acidic aromatic molecules have the advantage that they avoid the Mar-dependent induction of regulons conferring other forms of drug resistance. We show that different pumps have distinct selection criteria, and we identified non-acidic aromatic molecules as promising candidates for drug resistance breakers.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1128\/aem.02096-23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,30]],"date-time":"2024-01-30T14:03:32Z","timestamp":1706623412000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/asmj-crossmark-policy-page","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Fitness trade-offs of multidrug efflux pumps in\n            <i>Escherichia coli<\/i>\n            K-12 in acid or base, and with aromatic phytochemicals"],"prefix":"10.1128","volume":"90","author":[{"given":"Yangyang","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew M.","family":"Van Horn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Minh T. 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