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. 2011 Mar 24;6(3):e17350. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017350

Table 1. β-Galactosidase activities of mphK promoter-, mphR promoter-, or mphX promoter-lacZ transcriptional fusion in A. calcoaceticus PHEA-2 and mphR- and mphX-deletion mutants (A2R and A2X).

β-Galactosidase activity (Miller unit)a
+Phenol −Phenol
PHEA-2(PmphK-lacZ) 336±33 34±2
A2R(PmphK-lacZ) * *
A2X(PmphK-lacZ) 807±58 30±2
PHEA-2(PmphR-lacZ) 160±20 92±10
A2R(PmphR-lacZ) 20±5 21±3
A2X(PmphR-lacZ) 225±33 176±15
PHEA-2(PmphX-lacZ) 332±50 *
A2R(PmphX-lacZ) * *
A2X(PmphX-lacZ) * *
a

Cells were grown in the presence (+) or absence (−) of 2.0 mM phenol and assayed for β-galactosidase activities as described in Materials and Methods. Values shown are means ± standard deviation of triplicate experiments.

*No detectable activity.