Volatilization of mercury by an iron oxidation enzyme system in a highly mercury-resistant acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strain mon-1

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1537-1544

  Sugio, Tsuyoshi ^a   Fujii, Mitsuko ^a   Takeuchi, Fumiaki ^a   Negishi, Atsunori ^b   Maeda, Terunobu ^c   Kamimura, Kazuo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hazama Corporation   (Japan)

^c Civil Chemical Engineering Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Cytochrome c oxidase; Iron oxidizing bacterium; Mercury reduction; Mercury resistance

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; IRON; MERCURY; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; THIOBACILLUS; VOLATILIZATION;

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; IRON; MERCURY; NADP; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; THIOBACILLUS; VOLATILIZATION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 2442585357     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.1537     Document Type: Article

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