FIG. 3.
Growth of wild-type and mutant strains on propane and related compounds. Cells of wild-type 12523 and mc2155, the deletion mutant mc2155 ΔmimA, and the complemented strains mc2155 ΔmimA (mimAsm) and mc2155 ΔmimA (mimAgo) were cultivated on individual compounds as a source of carbon and energy for 8 days. Cell growth is expressed as cell dry weight per liter of medium. Bars represent the averages from two independent experiments, and error bars represent the standard deviations from the means.