Characterization of the metabolically modified heavy metal-resistant Cupriavidus metallidurans strain MSR33 generated for mercury bioremediation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Rojas, Luis A ^a,b   Yáñez, Carolina ^a   González, Myriam ^a   Lobos, Soledad ^b   Smalla, Kornelia ^c   Seeger, Michael ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYASE; MERCURIC REDUCTASE MERA; MERCURY; ORGANOMERCURIAL LYASE PROTEIN MERB; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRIAVIDUS; CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURANS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MATING; MER GENE; MERB GENE; MERG GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTION; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CUPRIAVIDUS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MERCURY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79952682646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017555     Document Type: Article

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