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Isolation and characterization of the pesticide-degrading plasmid pJP1 from Alcaligenes paradoxus. [Ultraviolet radiation]

Journal Article · · J. Bacteriol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6630680
A strain of Alcaligenes paradoxus, unable to degrade phenoxyacetic acid, was shown to degrade two synthetic derivatives of this molecule, the herbicides 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid. The ability to degrade these pesticides is encoded by a 58-megadalton conjugal plasmid, pJP1.
Research Organization:
Queensland Univ., Austrialia
OSTI ID:
6630680
Journal Information:
J. Bacteriol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Bacteriol.; (United States) Vol. 135:3; ISSN JOBAA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English