Novel Toluene Elimination System in a Toluene-Tolerant Microorganism

AUTOR(ES)

Kobayashi, Hideki

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

In studies of Pseudomonas putida IH-2000, a toluene-tolerant microorganism, membrane vesicles (MVs) were found to be released from the outer membrane when toluene was added to the culture. These MVs were found to be composed of phospholipids, lipopolysaccharides (LPS), and very low amounts of outer membrane proteins. The MVs also contained a higher concentration of toluene molecules (0.172 ± 0.012 mol/mol of lipid) than that found in the cell membrane. In contrast to the wild-type strain, the toluene-sensitive mutant strain 32, which differs from the parent strain in LPS and outer membrane proteins, did not release MVs from the outer membrane. The toluene molecules adhering to the outer membrane are eliminated by the shedding of MVs, and this system appears to serve as an important part of the toluene tolerance system of IH-2000.

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