Sequence Conservation between Regulatory Mercury Resistance Genes in Bacteria from Mercury Polluted and Pristine Environments

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 1-6

  Osborn, A M ^a   Bruce, K D ^a   Strike, P ^a   Ritchie, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial mercury resistance; Evolutionary relationships; Mercury pollution; merR; PCR amplification

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERATOR GENE; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0029073820     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80441-8     Document Type: Article

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