title: Electron Spin Resonance Analysis of the Effect of Butanol on the Membrane Fluidity of Intact Cells of Clostridium acetobutylicum.
abstract: Analysis of electron spin resonance spectra of 5-doxyl stearic acid in aqueous suspensions of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 and the butanol-tolerant SA-2 derivative during a small-scale fermentation at three different butanol challenge levels indicated that the SA-2 strain is able to respond to the physical fluidizing effect of high (1.5%) butanol challenge by reducing its membrane fluidity at 12 and 30 h. The wild-type 824 strain was unable to so respond when challenged at the 1.5% level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, University of Illinois, 905 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Baer
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Blaschek