title: [Genetic determination of degradation of ampholytic surfactants].
abstract: Plasmid DNA was detected in Pseudomonas putida 141 and P. stutzeri AT strains which caused destruction of the ampholytic surfactants alkylamino-bis-propionate (AABP) and amidobetaine, respectively. As was demonstrated using genetic analytic procedures, the plasmids controlled AABP and amidobetaine destruction. No plasmid DNA was found in P. desmolytica C37 which caused cyclimide destruction or in Pseudomonas sp. 1 and Citrobacter freundii TO strains responsible for AABP destruction. Apparently, destruction of these xenobiotics was controlled by chromosomal genes.
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Ovcharov
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Taranova
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Gvozdiak
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D010957:Plasmids; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D013501:Surface-Active Agents
vernacular_title: Geneticheskaia determinatsiia razrusheniia amfolitnykh poverkhnostno-aktivnykh veshchestv.