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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 67, Issue 9, Pages 4338-4341Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.4338-4341.2001
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Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E was isolated as a toluene-tolerant strain. We show that it is also able to grow on high concentrations (up to 17 g/liter [123 mM]) of p-hydroxybenzoate (4HBA). Tolerance to this aromatic carboxylic acid (up to 30 g/liter [217 mM]) is improved by preexposing the cells to low 4HBA concentrations; the adaptation process is caused by the substrate itself rather than by products resulting from its metabolism. The mechanisms of 4HBA tolerance seem to involve increased rigidity of the cell membrane as a result of a decrease in the cis/trans ratio of unsaturated fatty acids. In addition, energy-dependent efflux systems seem to operate in the exclusion of 4HBA from the cell membranes.
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