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Table 10 Osmolyte Stress Response of Klebsiella sp. strain BRL6-2

From: Complete genome sequence of the lignin-degrading bacterium Klebsiella sp. strain BRL6-2

Assay Name

Klebsiella sp. strain BRL6-2 response

NaCl Tolerance

Respiration up to 9% (1.5 M)

NaCl Tolerance with various osmoprotectants

See next table for normalized area under the curve

Potassium chloride

Respiration up to 6%

Sodium sulfate

Respiration up to 5%

Ethylene glycol

Respiration up to 20%

Sodium formate

Respiration up to 2%

Urea

Respiration up to 7%

Sodium lactate

Longer lag phase with addition of sodium lactate up to 12% but roughly same final yield.

Sodium phosphate

Respiration in 20–200 mM

Sodium benzoate

No respiration

Ammonium sulfate

Respiration in 10–100 mM

Sodium nitrate

Respiration up to 20 mM

Sodium nitrite

Respiration up to 40 mM