Sphingomonas chungbukensis DJ77에 존재하는 Plasmid pSY1의 PAH 분해능

Sphingomonas chungbukensis DJ77에서 난분해성 물질 분해 유전자가 chromosome 또는 plasmid 존재하는지를 규명하였다. 야생주 DJ77의 plasmid를 mitomycin C를 이용하여 curing 시킨 후, 각각 phenanthrene과 biphenyl이 단일 탄소원으로 첨가된 최소배지에서 배양한 결과 야생주는 성장을 하지만 plasmid가 제거된 DJ77은 성장하지 않았다. 각각의 plasmid DNA를 분리한 수 이미 클로닝된 방향족 탄화수소 분해에 관련된 DNA를 probe로 하여 Southern hybridization을 한 결과 야생주에서만 positive signal을 발견할 수 있었다.

Sphingomonas chungbukensis DJ77 is able to use phenanthrene and biphenyl as the sole carbon and energy source. Mitomycin C curing experiment suggested that polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) utilization in strain DJ77 was plasmid-encoded. The plasmid cured strains were failed to grow on the minimal medium sprayed with biphenyl or phenanthrene. This was evident from southern hybridizations using a previously cloned DNA segment as a probe. There were positive signals in the palsmid DNA of the wild-type strain DJ77 and the absence of hybridizations with chromosomal DNA from the plasmid DNA of the wild-type strain DJ77 and the absence of hybridizations with chromosomal DNA from the palsmid-cured mutant strains.