Volatilization of Mercuric Chloride by Mercury-resistant Plasmid-bearing Strains of Escherichia Coli, Staphylococcus Aureus, and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1973 Feb 1

PMID 4632313

Citations 31

Authors

A O Summers

E Lewis

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Abstract

Several bacterial strains carrying genes determining mercury resistance on naturally occurring plasmids will convert 10(-5)m Hg(2+) (chloride) to a form of mercury which is volatile and soluble in organic solvents. The volatilization activity is induced by exposure to HgCl(2).

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