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. 2008 Nov 14;75(2):337–344. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01758-08

TABLE 2.

Relative growth of adapted P. putida GPo12(pGEc47ΔB) strains, expressing CYP153A6 and AlkB variants, on minimal medium plates with alkanes as the sole carbon source

Complementing alkane monooxygenase Days required for growth to full lawn with selected carbon source
Ethane Propane Butane Pentane Octane
AlkB wild type NGa 5 5 3 2
AlkB-BMO1 NG 5 3 6 7
AlkB-BMO2 NG 5 2 4 8
CYP153A6 wild type NG NG NG 2 2
CYP153A6-BMO1 NG NG 5 1.5 5
a

NG, no growth detected during 3-week observation.