Molecular Analysis of mer a Gene Possessed by Anaerobic Mercury-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Sediment of Minamata Bay

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-84

  Narita, Masaru ^a   Huang, Chieh Chen ^b   Koizumi, Takuya ^a   Endo, Ginro ^a  

^a TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Clostridium; mer a gene; mercury resistance; PCR analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007195909     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.14.77     Document Type: Article

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