Análisis funcional Y bioinformático de un conjunto de plásmidos obtenidos de aislamientos bacterianos extraídos de un sistema de biopurificación utilizado para la eliminación de pesticidas.

MARTINI M. C; LOPEZ, J.L.; SALTO I; ALBICORO, F.J.; SALAS, M.E.; PISTORIO, M; SCHLÜTER, A; PUHLER, A.; LAGARES A.; DEL PAPA M. F.

Mar del Plata

Congreso; SAMIGE; 2014

Background. Biopurification systems (BPS) are used on farms as pollution control technique to treat pesticide contaminated water. BPS are efficient systems containing a biological active matrix that retains pesticides and enhances their degradation. Considering that BPSs are used for the pesticide removal, they are target sites for finding genes associated with degradation of these compounds. It is assumed that mobile genetic elements (MGEs) carrying genes coding for enzymes involved in degradation might contribute to the degradation of pesticide and other xenobiotic compounds. In particular, plasmids play an essential role in the evolution and adaptation of bacteria as they encode accessory genes that increase bacterial fitness in a given environment, making them a target for studying the presence of degradative functions.