title: Coexistence of two distinct copies of naphthalene degradation genes in Pseudomonas strains isolated from the western Mediterranean region.
abstract: We analyzed the occurrence of the naphthalene degradation upper-pathway (nah) genes in the western Mediterranean region. The amplification, restriction, and sequence analysis of internal fragments for several nah genes (nahAc, nahB, nahC, and nahE) from naphthalene-degrading strains isolated from this geographical area proved the coexistence of two distinct sets of nah genes.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Biologia, Microbiologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, and Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB), Carretera Valldemossa, E-07071 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrero
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Llobet-Brossa
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lalucat
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García-Valdés
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosselló-Mora
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bosch
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D049308:Dioxygenases; D020440:Gene Duplication; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D009281:Naphthalenes; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C031721:naphthalene; D010105:Oxygenases; D049308:Dioxygenases; C038703:naphthalene dioxygenase