ABSTRACT
The activity of esterase was studied in bacteria oxidizing hydrocarbons and belonging to the genera Rhodococcus, Arthrobacter and Pseudomonas. Indophenyl acetate was used as a substrate of the reaction catalysed by the enzyme. Exocellular esterases were not found. Endocellular esterases differed in their activity and thermostability both among the genera and among species of one and the same genus.
Subject(s)
Bacteria/enzymology , Esterases/metabolism , Hydrocarbons/metabolism , Arthrobacter/enzymology , Oxidation-Reduction , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/enzymology , Rhodococcus/enzymologyABSTRACT
The data on centrifugation of DNA in the density gradient of caesium chloride-ethidium bromide, electron microscopy and electrophoresis of the DNA restricts from the satellite gradient band indicate that Str. antibioticus, the oleandomycin-producing organism possessed extrachromosomal cyclic DNA with the molecular weight of 21.3. 10(6) +/- +/- 0.3 10(6) daltons. The extrachromosomal cyclic DNA had 7 identification sites for endonuclease BamHI, 5 sites for PstI, 12 sites for PvuII, more than 14 sites for SmaI and non for endonucleases Eco RI and HindIII.
