We report the complete genome sequence of Acidovorax sp. strain KKS102, a polychlorinated-biphenyl-degrading strain isolated from a soil sample in Tokyo. The genome contains a single circular 5,196,935-bp chromosome and no plasmids.

電子捕獲型検出器(ECD)に よるPCBの 定量分析 は ECDがPCBの 異 性体 に対 して異な る感度 で 応答 す る ので,サ ンプル中のPCBを 塩 素化 し,す べ てを10-塩 化 ビフェニルに変 換 して得 るECD信 号 と,既 知 量 の PCB標 準物質を塩素化 して得 るECD信 号 とを比較 し てな され てい る.こ の定量法 は総PCB量 を迅速,か つ 高感度に測定 できるが,前 処理 が面倒であ り,ま たサ ン プル に代 謝ま たは分解が起 っていて も,組 成を無視 して いるので,わ か らない.そ こで各 ピー クの量的な組 成の わか ってい るPCB標 準物 質を使 った定量 分析 はこの欠 点を克服 する. 図-1にAroclor1242(モ ンサ ン ト社)のECDに よ る ク ロマ トグ ラ ムを,表1に そ の組 成 を示...

The crystal structure of a "coplanar" polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) derivative, 4-methoxy-3, 3', 5'-trichlorobiphenyl (C13H9Cl3O), is described. The torsion angle of the title compound is 41.31(07) degrees, which is in good agreement with the calculated torsion angle of 38.2 degrees in aqueous solution.

Levels of polychlorinated byphenils (PCBs) were monitored continuously in Zagreb between June 1999 and February 2000 and analysed qualitatively and quantitatively using high resolution gas chromatography (HRGC). Total PCBs were determined with respect to Aroclor 1260, which was used as the standard reference. The concentrations of PCBs ranged from 1.6 to 136 pg/m3 and were higher in warmer seas...

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Pseudomonas toyotomiensis KF710 utilizes biphenyl and degrades polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Here, we report the genome sequence of the KF710 strain, consisting of 5,596,721 bp with 5,155 coding sequences. The biphenyl catabolic genes were almost identical to those of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707, one of the most well-characterized biphenyl-utilizing strains.