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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2000, p. 1737-1740, Vol. 66, No. 4
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Involvement of Two Plasmids in Fenitrothion Degradation by Burkholderia sp. Strain NF100

Masahito Hayatsu,1,* Motoko Hirano,1 and Shinichi Tokuda2

Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529,1 and National Research Institute of Vegetables, Ornamental Plants and Tea, Kanaya-cho, Shizuoka 428-8501,2 Japan

Received 3 September 1999/Accepted 4 February 2000

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan. Phone: 81-54-238-4875. Fax: 81-54-237-3028. E-mail: ahmhaya{at}agr.shizuoka.ac.jp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2000, p. 1737-1740, Vol. 66, No. 4
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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