FIG. 1.
Effect of divalent cations on the sensitivity of S. meliloti to ethanol. Cultures of the wild-type strain Rm1021 and the bacA mutant were grown and exposed to gradients containing either 0 to 8% (vol/vol) (a and b) or 0 to 10% (vol/vol) (c and d) ethanol on LB plates exactly as described in Materials and Methods. Where indicated, the plates also contained CaCl2 and/or MgSO4.