Biodegradation of phenylmercuric acetate by mercury-resistant bacteria.

Applied microbiology ·Vol. 26 ·No. 3 ·1973-09-00 ·Pages 321-6

Nelson JD, Blair W, Brinckman FE, Colwell RR, Iverson WP

Abstract

Selected cultures of mercury-resistant bacteria degrade the fungicide-slimicide phenylmercuric acetate. By means of a closed system incorporating a flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometer and a vapor phase chromatograph, it was demonstrated that elemental mercury vapor and benzene were products of phenylmercuric acetate degradation.

MeSH Terms

Arthrobacter/metabolism Bacteriological Techniques Benzene/biosynthesis Biodegradation, Environmental Chromatography Drug Resistance, Microbial Enterobacteriaceae/metabolism Escherichia/metabolism Flavobacterium/metabolism Fungicides, Industrial/metabolism Mercury/biosynthesis,metabolism,pharmacology Mercury Isotopes Organometallic Compounds/metabolism Pseudomonas/metabolism Radioisotopes Seawater Spectrophotometry, Atomic Vibrio/metabolism Volatilization Water Microbiology

Chemicals

Fungicides, Industrial Mercury Isotopes Organometallic Compounds Radioisotopes Mercury Benzene

Authors & Affiliations

5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Nelson J D

Blair W

Brinckman F E

Colwell R R

Iverson W P

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11 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Applied microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Microbiol

ISSN

0003-6919

DOI

10.1128/am.26.3.321-326.1973

Published

1973-09-00

Pages

321-6

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605802

PMCID

PMC379783

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/am.26.3.321-326.1973 PMC Full Text

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