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Some of a set of independently arising Tol- (non toluate-utilising) derivatives of Pseudomonas putida mt-2 have lost the unique plasmid present in the parent strain. In others this plasmid has suffered a deletion of a specific region of about 27 Md.
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Bayley, S.A., Duggleby, C.J., Worsey, M.J. et al. Two modes of loss of the tol function from Pseudomonas putida mt-2. Molec. Gen. Genet. 154, 203–204 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00330838
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