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Active efflux of toluene in a solvent-resistant bacterium
1Division of Industrial Microbiology, Department of Food Science, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands. Sonja.Isken@algemeen.im.wau.nl
Journal of Bacteriology
|October 1, 1996
Abstract:
We investigated the mechanisms behind the organic-solvent resistance of the solvent-tolerant strain Pseudomonas putida S12. By use of 14C-labeled toluene, we obtained evidence that an energy-dependent export system may be responsible for this resistance to toluene.