This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Copyright Information
Right arrow Books from ASM Press
Right arrow MicrobeWorld
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kosono, S.
Right arrow Articles by Kudo, T.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Kosono, S.
Right arrow Articles by Kudo, T.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Kosono, S.
Right arrow Articles by Kudo, T.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Aug 1997, 3282-3285, Vol 63, No. 8
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology

Three of the seven bphC genes of Rhodococcus erythropolis TA421, isolated from a termite ecosystem, are located on an indigenous plasmid associated with biphenyl degradation

S Kosono, M Maeda, F Fuji, H Arai and T Kudo
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Saitama, Japan.

Rhodococcus erythropolis TA421, a polychlorinated biphenyl and biphenyl degrader isolated from a termite ecosystem, has seven bphC genes expressing 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase activity. R. erythropolis TA421 harbored a large and probably linear plasmid on which three (bphC2, bphC3, and bphC4) of the seven bphC genes were located. A non- biphenyl-degrading mutant, designated strain TA422, was obtained spontaneously from R. erythropolis TA421. TA422 lacked the plasmid, suggesting that the three bphC genes were involved in the degradation of biphenyl. Southern blot analyses showed that R. erythropolis TA421 and Rhodococcus globerulus P6 have a similar set of bphC genes and that the genes for biphenyl catabolism are located on plasmids of different sizes. These results indicated that the genes encoding the biphenyl catabolic pathway in Rhodococcus strains are borne on plasmids.


This article has been cited by other articles:

  • Overhage, J., Sielker, S., Homburg, S., Parschat, K., Fetzner, S. (2005). Identification of large linear plasmids in Arthrobacter spp. encoding the degradation of quinaldine to anthranilate. Microbiology 151: 491-500 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Konig, C., Eulberg, D., Groning, J., Lakner, S., Seibert, V., Kaschabek, S. R., Schlomann, M. (2004). A linear megaplasmid, p1CP, carrying the genes for chlorocatechol catabolism of Rhodococcus opacus 1CP. Microbiology 150: 3075-3087 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Furukawa, K., Suenaga, H., Goto, M. (2004). Biphenyl Dioxygenases: Functional Versatilities and Directed Evolution. J. Bacteriol. 186: 5189-5196 [Full Text]  
  • Kitagawa, W., Kimura, N., Kamagata, Y. (2004). A Novel p-Nitrophenol Degradation Gene Cluster from a Gram-Positive Bacterium, Rhodococcus opacus SAO101. J. Bacteriol. 186: 4894-4902 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Krivobok, S., Kuony, S., Meyer, C., Louwagie, M., Willison, J. C., Jouanneau, Y. (2003). Identification of Pyrene-Induced Proteins in Mycobacterium sp. Strain 6PY1: Evidence for Two Ring-Hydroxylating Dioxygenases. J. Bacteriol. 185: 3828-3841 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Baldwin, B. R., Nakatsu, C. H., Nies, L. (2003). Detection and Enumeration of Aromatic Oxygenase Genes by Multiplex and Real-Time PCR. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69: 3350-3358 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • McKay, D. B., Prucha, M., Reineke, W., Timmis, K. N., Pieper, D. H. (2003). Substrate Specificity and Expression of Three 2,3-Dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-Dioxygenases from Rhodococcus globerulus Strain P6. J. Bacteriol. 185: 2944-2951 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Horinouchi, M., Hayashi, T., Koshino, H., Yamamoto, T., Kudo, T. (2003). Gene Encoding the Hydrolase for the Product of the meta-Cleavage Reaction in Testosterone Degradation by Comamonas testosteroni. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69: 2139-2152 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Vaillancourt, F. H., Haro, M.-A., Drouin, N. M., Karim, Z., Maaroufi, H., Eltis, L. D. (2003). Characterization of Extradiol Dioxygenases from a Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Degrading Strain That Possess Higher Specificities for Chlorinated Metabolites. J. Bacteriol. 185: 1253-1260 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Horinouchi, M., Yamamoto, T., Taguchi, K., Arai, H., Kudo, T. (2001). Meta-cleavage enzyme gene tesB is necessary for testosterone degradation in Comamonas testosteroni TA441. Microbiology 147: 3367-3375 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Navas, J., Gonzalez-Zorn, B., Ladron, N., Garrido, P., Vazquez-Boland, J. A. (2001). Identification and Mutagenesis by Allelic Exchange of choE, Encoding a Cholesterol Oxidase from the Intracellular Pathogen Rhodococcus equi. J. Bacteriol. 183: 4796-4805 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Shimizu, S., Kobayashi, H., Masai, E., Fukuda, M. (2001). Characterization of the 450-kb Linear Plasmid in a Polychlorinated Biphenyl Degrader, Rhodococcus sp. Strain RHA1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67: 2021-2028 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Drewlo, S., Brämer, C. O., Madkour, M., Mayer, F., Steinbüchel, A. (2001). Cloning and Expression of a Ralstonia eutropha HF39 Gene Mediating Indigo Formation in Escherichia coli. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67: 1964-1969 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Le Dantec, C., Winter, N., Gicquel, B., Vincent, V., Picardeau, M. (2001). Genomic Sequence and Transcriptional Analysis of a 23-Kilobase Mycobacterial Linear Plasmid: Evidence for Horizontal Transfer and Identification of Plasmid Maintenance Systems. J. Bacteriol. 183: 2157-2164 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Armengaud, J., Gaillard, J., Timmis, K. N. (2000). A Second [2Fe-2S] Ferredoxin from Sphingomonas sp. Strain RW1 Can Function as an Electron Donor for the Dioxin Dioxygenase. J. Bacteriol. 182: 2238-2244 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Picardeau, M., Le Dantec, C., Vincent, V. (2000). Analysis of the internal replication region of a mycobacterial linear plasmid. Microbiology 146: 305-313 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Wagner-Döbler, I., Bennasar, A., Vancanneyt, M., Strömpl, C., Brümmer, I., Eichner, C., Grammel, I., Moore, E. R. B. (1998). Microcosm Enrichment of Biphenyl-Degrading Microbial Communities from Soils and Sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64: 3014-3022 [Abstract] [Full Text]  


Copyright © 2009 by the American Society for Microbiology.   For an alternate route to Journals.ASM.org, visit: http://intl-journals.asm.org | More Info»