[Degradation of 3-chlorobenzoic acid by a Pseudomonas putida strain].

Article

[Degradation of 3-chlorobenzoic acid by a Pseudomonas putida strain].

Mikrobiologiia - 1 Jan 2000

Grishchenkov V G, Fedechkina I E, Baskunov B P, Anisimova L A, Boronin A M

Abstract excerpt

A Pseudomonas putida strain 87 capable of assimilating 3-chlorobenzoic acid as a sole source of carbon and energy (3Cba+) was isolated. Treatment with mitomycin C eliminated the 3Cba+ phenotype in 1% of cells in the population. The 3Cba+ phenotype was transferred at a low frequency in the process...

Topics

Biodegradation, Environmental
Catechol 1,2-Dioxygenase
Chlorobenzoates
Conjugation, Genetic
Dioxygenases
Environmental Pollutants
Genes, Bacterial
Oxygenases
Phenotype
Plasmids
Pseudomonas
Soil Microbiology

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