CellWell record HH-470470
Adaptive laboratory evolution of E. coli to magnesium chloride stress reveals noncanonical routes to broad chaotropic salt resistance
Luke A Fisher; Carleton H Coffin; Trevor Palmiotto; Catherine A Royer; Britney E Schmidt; Jeff S Bowman; Douglas H Bartlett
2026
In plain language
Evolved E. coli isolates grew better in magnesium chloride and other chaotropic salts, but not sodium chloride, and mutations in ptsI and spoT were essential for that tolerance.
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