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TABLE 1.

Pseudomonas strains isolated in the present study

Pseudomonas strain	Relevant characteristics^a	Soil sample
SV1	Ap^r Tc^r Nal^r Cm^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries a 2.3-kb cryptic plasmid	Layer of solidified oil on the surface of a long-distance oil transportation tank; railway station Minsk-South
SV2	Ap^r Tc^r Cm^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺	Same as SV1
SV3	Ap^r Tc^r Cm^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries ∼190-kb plasmid pSVS3	Sandy soil contaminated with heating oil; southwestern part of Minsk
SV4	Tc^r Nal^r Cm^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries ∼200-kb plasmid pSVS4	Same as SV3
SV5	Tc^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries ∼150-kb plasmid pSVS5 and a 2.9-kb cryptic plasmid	Railway bed soil contaminated with mixture of lubricants, diesel fuel, and phenol; town of Smorgon, 100 km northwest of Minsk
SV6	Tc^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺ Sal⁺; carries 140-kb plasmid pSVS6 and 10- and 80-kb cryptic plasmids	Grass bed bulk soil contaminated with diesel fuel; central part of Minsk
SV9	Ap^r Tc^r Cm^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries 107-kb plasmid pSVS9	Railway bed soil contaminated with mixture of lubricants, diesel fuel, and phenol; central part of Minsk
SV10	Ap^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries 105-kb plasmid pSVS10	Same as SV9
SV11	Tc^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries 130-kb plasmid pSVS11	Railway bed soil contaminated with mixture of lubricants, diesel fuel, and phenol; northwestern part of Minsk
SV12	Ap^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries 195-kb plasmid pSVS12	Park soil with no history of known contamination; northeastern part of Minsk
SV13	Nal^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries 78-kb plasmid pSVS13	Same as SV12
SV15	Cm^r Hg^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries 90-kb plasmid pSVS15	Piece of rubber from storage of used car tires; central part of Minsk
SV16	Ap^r Cm^r Hg^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries 123-kb plasmid pSVS16	Sandy soil contaminated with diesel oil; building area in northeastern part of Minsk
SV17	Ap^r Tc^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries ∼200-kb plasmid pSVS17	Sandy washout from a highway contaminated with a mixture of oil products; central part of Minsk
SV19	Ap^r Tc^r Cm^r Hg^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺ Sal⁺; carries 107-kb plasmid pSVS19	Shoreline sediments contaminated with a mixture of oil products; Swislach River, central part of Minsk
SV20	Ap^r Hg^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries plasmid pSVS20 (>200 kb)	Same as SV19
SV22	Ap^r Km^r Tc^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries 126-kb plasmid pSVS22	Sandy soil contaminated with a mixture of industrial lubricants and engine oil; local landfill 10 km from the southwestern border of Minsk
SV23	Ap^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries 130-kb plasmid pSVS23	Same as SV22
SV24	Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries 105-kb plasmid pSVS24	Same as SV22
SV25	Cm^r Tln⁺ mXln⁺ mTol⁺ Ben⁺ C2,3O⁺; carries a 2-kb cryptic plasmid	Piece of road cover material; local landfill 10 km from the southwestern border of Minsk

Ap^r, Tc^r, Km^r, Nal^r, Cm^r, and Hg^r, resistance to ampicillin, tetracycline, kanamycin, nalidixic acid, chloramphenicol, and HgCl₂, respectively, in the concentrations given in Materials and Methods. Tln⁺, mXln⁺, mTol⁺, Ben⁺, and Sal⁺, ability to use toluene, m-xylene, m-toluate, benzoate, and salicylate, respectively, as sole carbon and energy sources. C2,3O⁺, positive for C2,3O activity.