Occurrence of Tn4371-related mobile elements and sequences in (chloro)biphenyl-degrading bacteria
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Research indicates that (chloro)biphenyl catabolic gene clusters, or bph genes, occurring on Tn4371, a transposable element in bacterial degradation, are highly conserved between various (chloro)biphenyl-degrading hosts, primarily belonging to the beta-proteobacteria but globally isolated.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2001
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The biphenyl- and 4-chlorobiphenyl-catabolic transposon Tn4371, a member of a new family of genomic islands related to IncP and Ti plasmids
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Research has been conducted on biphenyl catabolic transposon Tn4371. The authors report that they have completed and analyzed nucleotide sequence of this transposon, and that it has a mosaic structure composed of several building blocks.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2003
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RP4::Mu3A-mediated in vivo cloning and transfer of a chlorobiphenyl catabolic pathway
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The catabolic genes that mediate the chlorobiphenyl catabolic pathway was activated by utilizing the plasmid RP4::Mu3A of Burkhoderia sp. JB1 strain. Mobilization of chromosomally located aromatic catabolic pathways by plasmid RP4::Mu3A involves the transposition of the catabolic genes from the transposon. Furthermore, the transfer of Bph+ prime plasmids from the Alcaligenes eutrophus to Escherichia coli led to the metabolism of diphenylmethane and biphenyl.
Publication Name: Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1350-0872
Year: 1996
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