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Involvement of two plasmids in fenitrothion degradation by Burkholderia sp. strain NF100.


ABSTRACT: A bacterium capable of utilizing fenitrothion (O,O-dimethyl O-4-nitro-m-tolyl phosphorothioate) as a sole carbon source was isolated from fenitrothion-treated soil. This bacterium was characterized taxonomically as being a member of the genus Burkholderia and was designated strain NF100. NF100 first hydrolyzed an organophosphate bond of fenitrothion, forming 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol, which was further metabolized to methylhydroquinone. The ability to degrade fenitrothion was found to be encoded on two plasmids, pNF1 and pNF2.

SUBMITTER: Hayatsu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC92054 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Involvement of two plasmids in fenitrothion degradation by Burkholderia sp. strain NF100.

Hayatsu M M   Hirano M M   Tokuda S S  

Applied and environmental microbiology 20000401 4


A bacterium capable of utilizing fenitrothion (O,O-dimethyl O-4-nitro-m-tolyl phosphorothioate) as a sole carbon source was isolated from fenitrothion-treated soil. This bacterium was characterized taxonomically as being a member of the genus Burkholderia and was designated strain NF100. NF100 first hydrolyzed an organophosphate bond of fenitrothion, forming 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol, which was further metabolized to methylhydroquinone. The ability to degrade fenitrothion was found to be encoded on  ...[more]

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