Table 1.
E. coli K-12 strains (descendants of MG1655).
Table 2.
Gene name and primers used in this investigation.
Fig 1.
Growth curve for lipA cells grown with and without lipoic acid (5μg/ml).
Fig 2.
lipA cells plated on LB alone.
Fig 3.
lipA grown on LB agar plate supplemented with lipoic acid (5μg/ml).
Fig 4.
Percentage survival of WT, lipA, and lipA grown with 5μg/ml lipoic acid after inorganic acid exposure.
p<0.05
Fig 5.
Percentage survival of WT, lipA, and lipA cells grown with/without lipoic acid after 10 mM hydrogen peroxide exposure.
p<0.05
Fig 6.
Percentage survival of log WT and mutant incubated in LB for 30 minutes at 51°C.
p<0.05
Fig 7.
Percentage survival for log phase WT and lipA cells incubated with 8.0% sodium chloride.
p<0.05
Fig 8.
CFA content of WT, lipA, and lipA grown in the presence of 5μg/ml lipoic acid to log phase.
p<0.05
Fig 9.
Real time RT-PCR analysis of selected genes.