1.14.15.26 degradation presence of chlorinated toluenes induces expression of enzymes of the xylene degradation sequence. Conjugative transfer of the TOL plasmid from Pseudomonas putida strain PaW1 to Pseudomonas sp. strain B13 and Pseudomonas cepacia strain JH230 allows the isolation of hybrid strains capable of growing in the presence of 3-chloro-, 4-chloro- and 3,5-dichlorotoluene -, 744941