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Plasmid-assisted morpholine degradation by Pseudomonas fluorescens CAS 102

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A fast-growing Pseudomonas fluorescens CAS102, isolated by enrichment technique from polluted soil, effectively utilized morpholine as the energy source. The strain was able to grow in high concentrations of morpholine but accumulation of ammonia inhibited its growth and complete mineralization. The molar conversion ratio of morpholine to ammonia was 1:0.82. The organism harboured a single, multiple antibiotic- and heavy metal-resistance 140kb plasmid which was resistant to curing. Transformation studies showed that the morpholine degradative phenotype was expressed only in Pseudomonas putida and not in Escherichia coli. Growth studies on different degradative intermediates of morpholine suggested that plasmid-encoded genes were involved in the heterocyclic ring cleavage and the remaining reactions were mediated by chromosomal genes.

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Chandrasekaran, S., Lalithakumari, D. Plasmid-assisted morpholine degradation by Pseudomonas fluorescens CAS 102. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 14, 7–10 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008855912907

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