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. 1988 Oct;54(10):2586–2589. doi: 10.1128/aem.54.10.2586-2589.1988

Dissimilar plasmids isolated from Pseudomonas diminuta MG and a Flavobacterium sp. (ATCC 27551) contain identical opd genes.

L L Harper 1, C S McDaniel 1, C E Miller 1, J R Wild 1
PMCID: PMC204325  PMID: 3202637

Abstract

The opd (organophosphate-degrading) gene derived from a 43-kilobase-pair plasmid (pSM55) of a Flavobacterium sp. (ATCC 27551) has a sequence identical to that of the plasmid-borne gene of Pseudomonas diminuta. Hybridization studies with DNA fragments obtained by restriction endonuclease digestion of plasmid DNAs demonstrated that the identical opd sequences were encoded on dissimilar plasmids from the two sources.

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