Open AccessPlasmids specifying ε‐caprolactam degradation in Pseudomonas strains
Author(s) -
Boronin A.M.,
Naumova R.P.,
Grishchenkov V.G.,
Ilijinskaya O.N.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1984.tb00719.x
Subject(s) - caprolactam , adipic acid , plasmid , pseudomonas , carbon source , catabolism , carbon fibers , nitrogen , degradation (telecommunications) , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biodegradation , biochemistry , bacteria , pseudomonadales , biology , organic chemistry , gene , metabolism , genetics , materials science , composite number , computer science , telecommunications , composite material
The large plasmid DNAs were found in several strains of Pseudomonas sp. capable of growing on ε‐caprolactam as a sole source of carbon and nitrogen. The ability to grow on ε‐caprolactam and ε‐aminocaproic acid as sole sources of carbon or nitrogen and adipic acid as a sole source of carbon could be transferred in interspecies crosses. All transconjugants harboured corresponding large plasmid DNAs. It was suggested that the discovered plasmids possessed the genetic material controlling several consecutive reactions of ε‐caprolactam catabolism yielding acetate and succinate.