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. 1978 Sep;135(3):798-804.
doi: 10.1128/jb.135.3.798-804.1978.

Isolation and characterization of the pesticide-degrading plasmid pJP1 from Alcaligenes paradoxus

P R Fisher, J Appleton, J M Pemberton

Isolation and characterization of the pesticide-degrading plasmid pJP1 from Alcaligenes paradoxus

P R Fisher et al. J Bacteriol. 1978 Sep.

Abstract

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.

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