Isolation, identification and PCR amplification of merA gene from highly mercury polluted Yamuna river

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3510-3514

  Zeyaullah, Md ^a   Islam, Badrul ^a   Ali, Arif ^b  

^a OMAR AL MUKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Mer operon; MerA; Mercury resistant; Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MERCURY; MERCURY REDUCTASE; NALIDIXIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIVER WATER; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; INDIA; METAL TOLERANCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 77953946883     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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