TABLE 2.

Shake flask extents of TCE degradation by Tom after 18 h, shake flask initial TCE degradation rates (first 5 min, 10 μM TCE), specific growth rates, and root colonization in nonmicrocosm studies

Sample	% of TCE removeda	Initial TCE degradation rate (nmol/min · mg of cells)	Specific growth rate in LB medium (h−1)	Root colonization (106, CFU/cm of root)
P. fluorescens 2-79 (negative control, no tom)	2	0.0	0.77	4
P. fluorescens 2-79TOM (constitutive Tom)	97	1.1	0.78	3
P. fluorescens 2-79TOM-S (uninduced, no salicylate)	14	0.0	NDb	ND
P. fluorescens 2-79TOM-S + 2 mM salicylate	99	2.6	0.77	3
B. cepacia PR123(TOM23C) (constitutive, positive control, non-root colonizer)	98	2.5	0.86	0.04

^aThe initial TCE concentration was 10 μM. 

^bND, not determined.