“…Rhizobium leguminosarum, Rhodobacter capsulatus) have QS-mediated transformation, conjugative transfer, and prophage induction mechanisms (Danino, Wilkinson, Edwards, & Downie, 2003;Schaefer, Taylor, Beatty, & Greenberg, 2002). Rhizobacteria from the genus Rhizobium have been reported to degrade multiple PAHs and pesticides (Goel et al, 2012;Kuiper, Bloemberg, & Lugtenberg, 2001;Wani & Khan, 2012). QS-regulated DNA release and transformation add new promises for the augmentation of metabolic potential of a strain with an adaptable catabolic potential (Mangwani et al, 2012).…”