FIG. 5.

Simultaneous induction of CoM biosynthesis and epoxide carboxylase activity in Xanthobacter strain Py2 and R. rhodochrous. Symbols: closed symbols, Xanthobacter strain Py2; open symbols, R. rhodochrous; squares, whole cell rates of epoxypropane degradation in cells exposed to propylene at t = 0 h; circles, estimated concentrations of CoM accumulating in the spent media of cells exposed to propylene at t = 0 h; triangles, whole cell rates of epoxypropane degradation in cells not exposed to propylene; inverted triangle, estimated concentrations of CoM accumulating in the spent media of cells not exposed to propylene.