Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

New naphthalene-biodegrading plasmid pBS4

Journal Article · · Dokl. Biol. Sci. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6709801

Four biodegradative plasmids controlling naphthalene catabolism by bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas are now known. The plasmids differ from each other in a number of properties, including in genetic systems determining the synthesis of enzymes involved in divergent pathways of the biological transformation of naphthalene. A new pathway of naphthalene catabolism through gentisic acid was shown earlier in our laboratory. However, the nature of the genetic control of the synthesis of enzymes of this pathway was not known. The results of an investigation of the genetic control of naphthalene catabolism through gentisic acid are presented in this report.

Research Organization:
Inst. of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Puschino, USSR
OSTI ID:
6709801
Journal Information:
Dokl. Biol. Sci. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Dokl. Biol. Sci. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 250:1-6; ISSN DKBSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English