Phylogeny of mercury resistance (mer) operons of gram-negative bacteria isolated from the fecal flora of primates

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1066-1076

  Liebert, Cynthia A ^a   Wireman, Joy ^a   Smith, Tracy ^a   Summers, Anne O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; MERCURY CHLORIDE; PHENYLMERCURIC ACETATE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES MICROFLORA; GENE LOCUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031030477     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.1066-1076.1997     Document Type: Article

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