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n-Hexane sensitivity of Escherichia coli due to low expression of imp/ostA encoding an 87 kDa minor protein associated with the outer membrane.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 May 2003
Abe Shigeo, Okutsu Tomohisa, Nakajima Harushi, Kakuda Nobuto, Ohtsu Iwao, Aono Rikizo
Abstract excerpt
Most Escherichia coli strains are resistant to n-hexane. E. coli OST4251 is a n-hexane-sensitive strain that was constructed by transferring the n-hexane-sensitive phenotype from a n-hexane-sensitive strain by P1 transduction. OST4251 is resistant to diphenyl ether, which is less harmful than n-hexane to micro-organisms. The genetic determinant responsible for this subtle difference in the solvent resistance is...
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