Distribution, diversity and evolution of the bacterial mercury resistance (mer) operon

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 239-262

  Osborn, A Mark ^a   Bruce, Kenneth D ^a   Strike, Peter ^a   Ritchie, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacterial mercury resistance; evolution; horizontal gene transfer; mer operon

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; REVIEW;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MERCURY; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030975003     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00003-X     Document Type: Review

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