CLONING OF DNA FROM A RHODOCOCCUS STRAIN CONFERRING THE ABILITY TO DECOLORIZE SULFONATED AZO DYES

被引:100
作者
HEISS, GS [1 ]
GOWAN, B [1 ]
DABBS, ER [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV WITWATERSRAND,DEPT GENET,PRIVATE BAG 3,PO WTIS 2050,JOHANNESBURG 2001,SOUTH AFRICA
关键词
AZO DYE DECOLORIZATION; DEGRADATION OF XENOBIOTICS; DNA CLONING; RHODOCOCCUS; NOCARDIOFORMS;
D O I
10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05571.x
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Azo dyes are recalcitrant pollutants. Two sulfonated azo dyes, Orange II and Amido black, are effectively decolorized by certain nocardioform strains of the genus Rhodococcus. A mutant of one of these strains was isolated which had lost azo-dye decolorizing ability and the strain was used to clone DNA conferring this ability, by screening a BclI library constructed from DNA of a decolorizing strain. The relevant genetic information was located on a 6.3-kb fragment of DNA.
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页码:221 / 226
页数:6
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