ISSN:
1432-072X
Keywords:
Pesticide catabolism
;
Soil bacterium
;
Catabolic plasmid
;
Carbofuran
;
Carbamate insecticide
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract A bacterium capable of using the carbamate insecticide carbofuran as a sole source of carbon and energy, was isolated from soil. The ability to catabolise carbofuran phenol, produced by cleavage of the carbamate ester linkage of the insecticide, was lost at very high frequency when the bacterium was grown in the absence of carbofuran. Plasmid analyses together with curing and mating experiments indicated that the presence of a large plasmid (pIH3, 〉199 kb) was required for the degradation of carbofuran phenol.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00245249
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