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SUBMITTER: Hayatsu M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC92054 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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]