“…Bacterial Strains and Growth Conditions-Growth of P. putida 86, which had been isolated from soil of a coal tar refining factory (Ruetgerswerke, Castrop-Rauxel, Germany) by selective enrichment on quinoline as carbon source (Schwarz et al, 1988), was described previously (Tshisuaka et al, 1993). Escherichia coli S17-1 (Simon et al, 1983) was used to multiply the cosmid and for the mobilization of recombinant cosmids.…”