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. 2015 Aug 12;1(6):292–302. doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.5b00212

Table 1. Comparison of Electron Transport, ATP Synthesis, and Menaquinone Content of M. smegmatisΔMSMEG1132 with those of M. smegmatis mc2 155a.

traits M. smegmatis (WT) M. smegmatis ΔMSMEG1132 fold change
rate of electron transport (O2 equiv) 0.12 ± 0.01 μmol of O2/h/ng of menaquinone 0.04 ± 0.01 μmol of O2/h/ng of menaquinone 3-fold reduction
total cellular ATP 6.4 ± 0.01 nmol/108 CFU 6.2 ± 0.08 nmol/108 CFU no change
rate of ATP biosynthesis 1.3 ± 0.01 nmol/min/108 CFU 1.4 ± 0.01 nmol/min/108 CFU no change
total menaquinone (MK) 4.3 ± 0.06 ng/108 CFU 9.0 ± 1.6 ng/108 CFU 2-fold increase
a

Results are means of replicate observations ± standard deviation.