Global transcript profiles of L. plantarum WCFS1 during growth in ethanol.
The transcriptomes of L. plantarum WCFS1 after short (10-min and 30-min) and extended (24-h) incubation in ethanol-containing MRS medium were identified using DNA microarrays specific for this strain. The 24-h time point was selected because at that time L. plantarum was in mid-exponential phase of growth (OD600 = 1.0), enabling comparisons to transcript profiles of reference MRS cultures (t = 0) harvested at the same cell density and growth phase.