TABLE 2.
Organic solvent tolerance of Chromohalobacter sp. strains 160 and 160R
| Strain | No. of cells/ml in presence of solventa
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Decane (6.0) | Octane (4.9) | Heptane (4.4) | Hexane (3.9) | p-Xylene (3.1) | |
| 160 | 1.9 × 108 | 2.1 × 108 | 2.0 × 108 | 1.4 × 107 | 5.8 × 102 | 0 |
| 160R | 1.8 × 108 | 1.9 × 108 | 1.8 × 108 | 1.5 × 108 | 1.0 × 104 | 0 |
log P values (8) for the solvents are shown in parentheses.