Expression of mercuric reductase from Bacillus megaterium MB1 in eukaryotic microalga Chlorella sp. DT: An approach for mercury phytoremediation

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 197-205

  Huang, Chieh Chen ^a   Chen, Meng Wei ^a   Hsieh, Ju Liang ^a   Lin, Wen Hao ^a   Chen, Pei Chung ^a   Chien, Lee Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CHAIN REACTION AMPLIFICATION; HYGROMYCIN; MERCURIC REDUCTASE;

DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REACTION KINETICS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

GENOMIC DNA; HYGROMYCIN B; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; MERCURY (II) REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; DNA; ENZYME; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; MACROALGA; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHLORELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; MERA GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENE;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHLORELLA; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA SP.; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33747125861     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-0250-0     Document Type: Article

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