TABLE 2.
Organic solvent | Tolerance of:
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Strain S-2 | Strain R-1 | Strain R-2 | |
n-Hexadecane | ++ | − | − |
n-Tetradecane | ++ | ± | − |
n-Pentadecane | ++ | ± | − |
n-Dodecane | ++ | ± | − |
n-Hexane | ++ | ++ | ++ |
Cyclohexane | ++ | ++ | ++ |
n-Pentane | ++ | ++ | ++ |
p-Xylene | − | − | − |
Toluene | − | − | − |
Benzene | − | − | − |
This experiment was done as described by Aono et al. (2), and the levels of growth of the strains were determined optically. ++, confluent growth; ±, poor growth; −, no growth.