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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 1999, p. 294-296, Vol. 65, No. 1
Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of
Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Nagatsuta 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
Received 17 August 1998/Accepted 9 October 1998
The organic solvent tolerance of Escherichia coli was
measured under conditions in which OmpF levels were controlled by
various means as follows: alteration of NaCl concentration in the
medium, transformation with a stress-responsive gene (marA,
robA, or soxS), or disruption of the
ompF gene. It was shown that solvent tolerance of E. coli did not depend upon OmpF levels in the membrane.
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Organic Solvent Tolerance of Escherichia
coli Is Independent of OmpF Levels in the Membrane
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Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan. Phone: (81) 45-924-5766. Fax: (81) 45-924-5819. E-mail:
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