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The solvent efflux system of Pseudomonas putida S12 is not involved in antibiotic resistance.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Nov 2000
Isken S, De Bont J A
Abstract excerpt
The active efflux system contributing to the solvent tolerance of Pseudomonas putida S12 was characterized physiologically. The mutant P. putida JK1, which lacks the active efflux system, was compared with the wild-type organism. None of 20 known substrates of common multi-drug-resistant pumps had a stronger growth-inhibiting effect on the mutant than on the wild type. The amount of [14C]toluene accumulating in...
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