CELL-ENVELOPE CHANGES IN SOLVENT-TOLERANT AND SOLVENT-SENSITIVE PSEUDOMONAS-PUTIDA STRAINS FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO O-XYLENE

Authors
PINKART HC WOLFRAM JW ROGERS R WHITE DC
Citation
Hc. Pinkart et al., CELL-ENVELOPE CHANGES IN SOLVENT-TOLERANT AND SOLVENT-SENSITIVE PSEUDOMONAS-PUTIDA STRAINS FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO O-XYLENE, Applied and environmental microbiology, 62(3), 1996, pp. 1129-1132
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
62
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1129 - 1132
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1996)62:3<1129:CCISAS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Solvent-tolerant and -sensitive Pseudomonas putida strains were studie d to determine their cell envelope changes following exposure to o-xyl ene. Both strains produced trans-unsaturated fatty acids. The tolerant strain showed an increase in total fatty acids, an increase in satura ted fatty acids, and modified lipopolysaccharide. It is suggested that these envelope modifications aid in survival at high concentrations o f organic solvents.