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Mechanisms of microbial resistance and detoxification of mercury and organomercury compounds: physiological, biochemical, and genetic analyses.

Microbiological reviews ·Vol. 48 ·No. 2 ·1984-06-00 ·Pages 95-124

Robinson JB, Tuovinen OH

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MeSH Terms
Anaerobiosis Bacteria/drug effects,metabolism Drug Resistance, Microbial Kinetics Mercury/metabolism,toxicity Microbial Sensitivity Tests Organomercury Compounds/metabolism,toxicity Species Specificity
Chemicals
Organomercury Compounds Mercury
Authors & Affiliations
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Robinson J B
Tuovinen O H
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Article Info
Journal
Microbiological reviews
Abbr.
Microbiol Rev
ISSN
0146-0749
DOI
10.1128/mr.48.2.95-124.1984
Published
1984-06-00
Pages
95-124
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7806086
PMCID
PMC373215
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/mr.48.2.95-124.1984 PMC Full Text
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