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Evidence for a transmissible catabolic plasmid in Pseudomonas putida encoding the degradation of p-cresol via the protocatechuate ortho cleavage pathway

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

L. Hewetson ,
H. M. Dunn  and
N. W. Dunn
L. Hewetson
Affiliation:
School of Biological Technology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
H. M. Dunn
Affiliation:
School of Biological Technology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
N. W. Dunn
Affiliation:
School of Biological Technology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia

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Evidence is presented that a strain of Pseudomonas putida harbours a catabolic plasmid which encodes for the degradation of p-cresol through the protocatechuate ortho cleavage pathway. This plasmid can transfer giving approximately 10−3 transconjugants per donor cell, can be cured with mitomycin C, belongs to the P-9 plasmid incompatibility group and can be transduced with the bacteriophage pf16.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , November 1978 , pp. 249 - 255
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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