BACKGROUND Whole-cell biocatalysis in organic solvents has been widely applied to industrial bioprocesses. In two-phase water-solvent processes, substrate conversion yields and volumetric productivities can be limited by the toxicity of solvents to host cells and by the low mass transfer rates of the substrates from the solvent phase to the whole-cell biocatalysts in water. RESULTS To solve t...

Responses of cytokinin overproducing transgenic Nicotiana plants to infections with compatible and incompatible Pseudomonas syringae pathovars were compared. Plants used were transformed with the ipt(isopentenyl transferase) gene that catalyzes the synthesis of cytokinin. In cytokinin overproducing lines that carry the ipt gene fused to the CaMV 35S (Nt+ipt), the wound-inducible proteinase inhi...

abstract extensive application of atrazine and its toxicity in environmental has attracted researcher attention for finding new degradation methods to this organic pollutant. biodegradation is one of most effective methods for removing atrazine. due to the importance of atrazine herbicide as an organic pollutant, a design carried out at factorial experiment in completely randomized design with ...

The broad and vague phenotypic definition allowed the genus Pseudomonas to become a dumping ground for incompletely characterized polarly flagellated, gram-negative, rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, and a large number of species have been accommodated in the genus Pseudomonas. The 16S rRNA sequences of 128 valid and invalid Pseudomonas species, which included almost valid species of the genus Pseu...

Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato race 1 strains have evolved to overcome genetic resistance in tomato. Here, we present the draft genome sequences of two race 1 P. syringae pv. tomato strains, A9 and 407, isolated from diseased tomato plants in California.

abstract atrazine biodegradation by bacteria is one of the most important aspects of bioremediation. atrazine can be degraded by various species of bacteria. bacteria use atrazine as nitrogen and carbon sources. the aim of this study was to determine atrazine degradation by pseudomonas fluorescence and pseudomonas aeruginosa. the experiment consisted of two pseudomonas bacteria, three levels of...