Growth, copper-tolerant cells, and extracellular protein production in copper-stressed chemostat cultures of Vibrio alginolyticus

The recovery of Vibrio alginolyticus from copper toxicity and the production of copper-binding proteins given a copper-stressed continuous culture is discussed. Experiments involved the assessment of the effect of copper on the growth of V. alginolyticus, the amount of copper-resistant cells and the production of extracellular protein producion in continuous culture. Itwas found that V. alginolyticus can recover from copper toxicity as extracellular copper-binding proteins were also produced.