TABLE 2.

Specific bioluminescence and toluene oxidation activity of P. putida TVA8 as a function of TCE and toluene concentrations after 3 h in the growing-cell assay

Inducing compound	Concn (μM)	Specific bioluminescence (nA/mg of protein)a	Toluene degradation rate (nmol of toluene/min/mg of protein)a
None (uninduced)	0	0.16 ± 0.01	0
TCE	1	0.15 ± 0.01	0
	8	616 ± 27	87 ± 40
	80	1,027 ± 42	72 ± 11
	230	2,690 ± 53	92 ± 8
Toluene	1	818 ± 320	123 ± 7
	10	1,390 ± 32	134 ± 33
	110	2,190 ± 170	198 ± 10
	330	3,811 ± 30	423 ± 16

^aValues are means ± standard deviations.