ADAPTATION OF PSEUDOMONAS-PUTIDA S12 TO HIGH-CONCENTRATIONS OF STYRENE AND OTHER ORGANIC-SOLVENTS

Authors
WEBER FJ OOIJKAAS LP SCHEMEN RMW HARTMANS S DEBONT JAM
Citation
Fj. Weber et al., ADAPTATION OF PSEUDOMONAS-PUTIDA S12 TO HIGH-CONCENTRATIONS OF STYRENE AND OTHER ORGANIC-SOLVENTS, Applied and environmental microbiology, 59(10), 1993, pp. 3502-3504
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
59
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3502 - 3504
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1993)59:10<3502:AOPSTH>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Pseudomonas putida S12 could adapt to grow on styrene in a two-phase s tyrene-water system. Acetate was toxic for P. putida S12, but cells we re similarly able to adapt to higher acetate concentrations. Only by u sing these acetate-adapted cells was growth observed in the presence o f supersaturating concentrations of toxic nonmetabolizable solvents su ch as toluene.