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. 2014 Dec 11;19(2):315–325. doi: 10.1007/s00792-014-0716-z

Table 2.

Intracellular monovalent ion concentrations

Growth condition Ion concentration (mol/L)
K+ Li+ Rb+ Cs+ Total
8 mM KCl 1.40 ± 0.17 1.40 ± 0.17 × 10−4 1.04 ± 0.13 × 10−4 1.07 ± 0.13 × 10−5 1.38 ± 0.25
120 mM KCl 2.03 ± 0.25 1.10 ± 0.14 × 10−4 5.46 ± 0.67 × 10−5 1.28 ± 0.16 × 10−5 2.03 ± 0.25
720 mM KCl 2.43 ± 0.30 8.37 ± 1.0 × 10−5 4.73 ± 0.58 × 10−5 ND 2.43 ± 0.21
120 mM LiCl 1.33 ± 0.16 1.44 ± .18 × 10−2 9.28 ± 1.1 × 10−5 1.25 ± 0.15 × 10−5 1.34 ± 0.24
120 mM RbCl 0.49 ± 0.06 ND 0.633 ± 0.081 5.83 ± 0.75 × 10−6 1.13 ± 0.22
120 mM CsCl 0.88 ± 0.11 ND 2.45 ± 0.31 × 10−4 0.302 ± 0.038 1.19 ± 0.22

Total concentration is given as the sum of all ion concentrations found. Concentrations below the ICP-MS detection limit were given a value of 0.00 when calculating total concentrations

ND not detected, below detection limit