Open AccessPlasmid transfer for enhancing degradation capabilities.
Author(s) -
Bruce E. Rittmann,
Barth F. Smets,
Jacqueline MacDonald,
David A. Stahl
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.95103s4113
Subject(s) - plasmid , degradation (telecommunications) , kinetics , chemistry , substrate (aquarium) , biophysics , energy transfer , biological system , biochemical engineering , biology , computer science , biochemistry , chemical physics , physics , ecology , telecommunications , dna , quantum mechanics , engineering
The kinetics of plasmid conjugation for the TOL and RP4 plasmids depend strongly on the donor cells' specific growth rate and substrate concentration, both of which determine the cells' energy availability. Although transfer rates can be large when energy availability is high, normal biological processes have low energy availability. Therefore, we propose and evaluate preliminarily a simple scheme to create a small zone of high energy availability.