Biopolym. Cell. 2000; 16(5):420-424.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.000585
Molecular and Cell Biotechnologies
Surfactant degradative plasmids
1Taranova L. A., 1Dybkova S. N., 2Grishchenkov V. G., 2Mordukhova E. A., 2Boronin A. M.
  1. Ovcharenko Institute for Biocolloidal Chemistry, NAS of Ukraine
    42, Vernadsky blvd., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03142
  2. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms Russian Academy of Science
    5, Prospect Nauki, Puschino, Moscow reg., , Russian Federation,142290

Abstract

It has been shown that the degradation of anionlc, cationic and ampholytic surfactants by pseudomonads can be controlled by the plasmids with size of 60–130 kb. Most plasmid strains that degrade surfactants are capable of conjugative transfer and elimination from bacteria cells. Restriction patterns of plasmids do not reveal significant homology between plasmids.
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