Tolerance of plastic-encapsulated Pseudomonas putida KT2440 to chemical stress.
Pseudomonas putida dried in the presence of hydroxyectoine or trehalose can withstand exposure to organic solvents and therefore can be encapsulated inside plastics such as polystyrene. Here we show that P. putida in a plastic-encapsulated dried tablet exhibits remarkable tolerance to chemical stress, comparable to that of spores of Bacillus subtilis.
Vílchez
Susana
S
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Granada, Campus Fuentenueva, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Tunnacliffe
Alan
A
Manzanera
Maximino
M
D000599:Amino Acids, Diamino / Q000737:chemistry*; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D018914:Cells, Immobilized; D011137:Polystyrenes / Q000737:chemistry; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry*; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D014199:Trehalose / Q000737:chemistry*
D000599:Amino Acids, Diamino; D011137:Polystyrenes; D012997:Solvents; C121557:hydroxyectoine; D014199:Trehalose