TABLE 2.
Organic solvent tolerance levels of tolC-defective strains
| Strain | Plasmid | Growth in the presence ofa:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decane (5.98) | Nonane (5.45) | Octane (4.93) | Diphenylether (4.24) | n-Hexane (3.87) | Cyclohexane (3.35) | p-Xylene (3.14) | ||
| E. coli | ||||||||
| JA300 | pBluescript II | + | + | + | + | + | − | − |
| pUX | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | |
| pHA105 | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | |
| pOST42BR | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | |
| pHc3R | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | |
| OST3408 | pBluescript II | + | + | + | + | + | + | − |
| JA300T | pBluescript II | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| pMX | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | |
| pHA105 | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| pOST42BR | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| pHc3R | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| OST3408T | pBluescript II | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| pMX | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | |
| pHA105 | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| pOST42BR | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| pHc3R | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| B. subtilis GSY1026b | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
a
+, growth; −, no growth. The log Pow value of the organic solvent is shown in parentheses.
b
B. subtilis GSY1026 was used as one typical example of gram-positive bacteria.