Possible involvement of red pigments in defense against mercury in Pseudomonas K-62

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 135, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 317-321

  Fujimori, Hiroyuki ^a   Kiyono, Masako ^a   Nobuhara, Kazunori ^b   Pan Hou, Hidemitsu ^a  

^a SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fuji Silysia Chemical Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid like pigment; Interaction of red pigment with Hg2+; K 62; Mercurial resistance; Pseudomonas; Red pigment

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; MERCURY; MITOMYCIN C; PIGMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030031391     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00472-6     Document Type: Article

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