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In this study, a novel ncRNA CsiR (ciprofloxacin stress-induced ncRNA) involved in the regulation of ciprofloxacin resistance in the foodborne multidrug-resistant Proteus vulgaris (P. vulgaris) strain P3M was identified. The survival rate of the CsiR-deficient strain was higher than that of the wild-type strain P3M under the ciprofloxacin treatment condition, indicating that CsiR played a negative regulatory role, and its target gene emrB was identified through further target prediction, quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), and microscale thermophoresis (MST). Further studies showed that the interaction between CsiR and emrB mRNA affected the stability of the latter at the post-transcriptional level to a large degree, and ultimately affected the ciprofloxacin resistance of P3M. Notably, the base-pairing sites between CsiR and emrB mRNAs were highly conserved in other sequenced P. vulgaris strains, suggesting that this regulatory mechanism may be ubiquitous in this species. 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