The effect of bacterial growth strategies on plasmid transfer and naphthalene degradation for bioremediation.

ABSTRACT: Mobilizable plasmids are extra-chromosomal, circular DNA that have contributed to the rapid evolution of bacterial genomes and have been used in environmental, biotechnological, and medicinal applications. Degradative plasmids with genetic capabilities to degrade organic contaminants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), have the potential to be useful for more environmentally friendly and cost-effective remediation technologies compared to existing physical remediation methods. Genetic bioaugmentation, the addition of catabolic genes into well-adapted communities via plasmid transfer (conjugation), is being explored as a remediation approach that is sustainable and long-lasting. Here, we explored the effect of the ecological growth strategies of plasmid donors and recipients o

SUBMITTER: Varner PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10117347 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature