title: Isolation and characterization of the pesticide-degrading plasmid pJP1 from Alcaligenes paradoxus.
abstract: A strain of Alcaligenes paradoxus, unable to degrade phenoxyacetic acid, was shown to degrade two synthetic derivatives of this molecule, the herbicides 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid. The ability to degrade these pesticides is encoded by a 58-megadalton conjugal plasmid, pJP1.
mesh_terms: D015084:2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D008456:2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic Acid; D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001435:Bacteriophages; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D010957:Plasmids
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D015084:2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid; D008456:2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic Acid