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. 2007 Feb 16;189(8):3115–3123. doi: 10.1128/JB.01857-06

TABLE 1.

Effect of changing the external [NaCl] on the intracellular cation concentrationa

Growth conditions Ion Concn (ppm) Cell vol (liter) Concn (mM)
LB Na+ 0.65 1 × 10−15 10
K+ 42.76 1 × 10−15 404
Mg++ 34.93 1 × 10−15 290
LB + 200 mM NaCl Na+ 2.84 6.3 × 10−16 35
K+ 56.09 6.3 × 10−16 421
Mg++ 29.23 6.3 × 10−16 338
a

Cells were grown and processed by ICP-MS analysis as described in Materials and Methods.