| plasmid-mediated mineralization of carbofuran by sphingomonas sp. strain cf06. | a bacterial strain (cf06) that mineralized both the carbonyl group and the aromatic ring of the insecticide carbofuran and that is capable of using carbofuran as a sole source of carbon and nitrogen was isolated from a soil in washington state. phospholipid fatty acid and 16s rrna sequencing analysis indicate that cf06 is a sphingomonas sp. cf06 contains five plasmids, at least some of which are required for metabolism of carbofuran. loss of the plasmids induced by growth at 42 degrees c resulte ... | 1997 | 9097429 |