. 2005 Nov;71(11):6606–6612. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.6606-6612.2005

TABLE 1.

Relation between partitioning of several organic compounds in octanol/water (log P), membrane/buffer, water solubility, and the maximum concentration in the membrane

Organic compound	log P_o/w^a	log P_m/b^b	P_m/b^b	Solubility^c (mM)	MMC^d (mM)	Adaptability
1-Butanol	0.89	0.21	1.6	970.0	1,586	−
1-Hexanol	1.87	1.17	14.8	56.9	841	−
Toluene	2.48	1.76	57.5	6.3	368	+
1-Octanol	2.92	2.19	154.9	3.8	588	+/−
1-Decanol	3.97	3.21	1,621.8	0.23	379	+
1-Dodecanol	5.02	4.23	16,982.4	0.015	254	+
1-Tetradecanol	6.07	5.25	177,827.9	0.0008	142	+

Log P octanol/water calculated according to Rekker and de Kort (27).

Log P membrane/buffer and P membrane/buffer calculated according to Sikkema et al. (33).

Solubility in H₂O (%, vol/vol) at 30°C calculated according to Kinoshita (18).

MMC was calculated according to de Bont (4).