Genome Analysis of Naphthalene-Degrading Pseudomonas sp AS1 Harboring the Megaplasmid pAS1
- Authors
- Kim, Jisun; Park, Woojun
- Issue Date
- 2월-2018
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Keywords
- Pseudomonas frederiksbergensis; naphthalene degradation; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); horizontal gene transfer; plasmid
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, v.28, no.2, pp.330 - 337
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 28
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 330
- End Page
- 337
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/77851
- DOI
- 10.4014/jmb.1709.09002
- ISSN
- 1017-7825
- Abstract
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), including naphthalene, are widely distributed in nature. Naphthalene has been regarded as a model PAH compound for investigating the mechanisms of bacterial PAH biodegradation. Pseudomonas sp. AS1 isolated from an arseniccontaminated site is capable of growing on various aromatic compounds such as naphthalene, salicylate, and catechol, but not on gentisate. The genome of strain AS1 consists of a 6,126,864 bp circular chromosome and the 81,841 bp circular plasmid pAS1. Pseudomonas sp. AS1 has multiple dioxygenases and related enzymes involved in the degradation of aromatic compounds, which might contribute to the metabolic versatility of this isolate. The pAS1 plasmid exhibits extremely high similarity in size and sequences to the well-known naphthalene-degrading plasmid pDTG1 in Pseudomonas putida strain NCIB 9816-4. Two gene clusters involved in the naphthalene degradation pathway were identified on pAS1. The expression of several nah genes on the plasmid was upregulated by more than 2-fold when naphthalene was used as a sole carbon source. Strains have been isolated at different times and places with different characteristics, but similar genes involved in the degradation of aromatic compounds have been identified on their plasmids, which suggests that the transmissibility of the plasmids might play an important role in the adaptation of the microorganisms to mineralize the compounds.
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