Purification and characterization of carbaryl hydrolase from Blastobacter sp. strain M501
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The microbial degradation of carbamate pesticides is a possible mechanism that may reduce pesticide efficacy. To elucidate the carbamate degradation process, a N-methylcarbamate hydrolase from Blastobacter sp. strain M501 was purified and characterized. The enzyme consists of two identical subunits with molecular masses of 84-kDa. Further characterization showed that the Blastobacter carbamyl hydrolase is a member of the esterase family of enzymes.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1993
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Involvement of two plasmids in the degradation of carbaryl by Arthrobacter sp. strain RC100
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An Arthrobacteria strain that utilizes carbaryl as the sole source of carbon has been isolated and studied. The role of two types of plasmids on the degradation of carbaryl has also been examined. The strain was isolated from carbaryl-contaminated soil and has been given the name RC100. It can hydrolyze the N-methylcarbamate linkage to 1-naphthol. The plasmids pRC1 and pRC2 were responsible for the oxidation of carbaryl.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1999
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Involvement of two plasmids in fenitrothion degradation by Burkholderia sp. strain NF100
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A bacterium that can degrade the insecticide fenitrothion has been discovered. It appears to be a species of Burkholderia and its fenitrothion-degrading ability resides on two plasmids, pNH1 and pNF2.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2000
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