Adaptation of bacteria to toxic solvents [Elektronische Ressource] : mechanisms and application / vorgelegt von Grit Neumann

Adaptation of bacteria to toxic solvents: mechanisms and application I n a u g u r a l d i s s e r t a t i o n zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald vorgelegt von Grit Neumann geboren am 02.09.1977 in Teterow Greifswald, Juli 2006 Dekan: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Fesser 1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frieder Schauer 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hauke Harms Tag der Promotion: 24.11.2006 Für meine Famile Whatever we know is only a drop. What we don't know is an ocean. (Sir Isaac Newton) CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................. 1 2 CELLS OF PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA AND ENTEROBACTER SP. ADAPT TO TOXIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS BY INCREASING THEIR SIZE................... 47 3 THE REGULATION OF THE CIS-TRANS ISOMERASE (CTI) OF UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS IN PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA: +CORRELATION BETWEEN CTI ACTIVITY AND K -UPTAKE SYSTEMS......