Radford, A. J.Oliver, J.Kelly, W. J.Reanney, D. C.2008-03-282008-03-281981-09Radford, A. J., Oliver, J., Kelly, W. J., & Reanney, D. C. (1981). Translocatable resistance to mercuric and phenylmercuric ions in soil bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology, 147(3), 1110-1112.0021-9193https://hdl.handle.net/10182/405Of 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.enCopyright © 1981 American Society for Microbiologysoil bacteriamercury resistanceJournal ArticleMarsden::300102 Soil biologyMarsden::270301 Bacteriology