“…To deal with oxidative stress, bacteria are known to evolve protective responses including the peroxidase-, catalase-, and superoxide dismutase (SOD)-mediated detoxification of ROS intermediates and repair of oxidative damage to bacterial DNA (Rosner and Storz, 1997;Desnues et al, 2003;Noor et al, 2009aNoor et al, , 2009bMurata et al, 2012;Munna et al, 2013;Nagamitsu et al, 2013). In addition, Escherichia coli produces cytoplasmic Mn-SOD (sodA) and Fe-SOD (sodB), which protect DNA and proteins from oxidation, while periplasmic Cu/Zn-SOD (sodC) protects the periplasmic and membrane constituents from exogenous O 2 - (Cabiscol et al, 2000;Moat et al, 2002;Rensing and Grass, 2003;Wang et al, 2007).…”