Translocatable resistance to mercuric and phenylmercuric ions in soil bacteria
Abstract
Of a sample of 42 gram-negative Hg-resistant bacteria, three (a Pseudomonas fluorescens, a Klebsiella sp. and a Citrobacter sp.) contained translocatable elements conferring resistance to Hg²⁺ (all three) and to Hg²⁺ and phenylmercuric acetate (P. fluorescens). The discovery of transposable phenylmercuric acetate resistance extends the range of known resistance "transposons" from heavy metals and antibiotics to organometallic compounds.
Keywords
soil bacteria; mercury resistanceDate
1981-09Type
Journal ArticleCollections
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