Bacterial mer operon-mediated detoxification of mercurial compounds: A short review

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 193, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 837-844

  Mathema, Vivek Bhakta ^a   Thakuri, Balkrishna Chand ^b   Sillanpää, Mika ^c  

^a KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

mer operon; Mercury reductase; Mercury toxicity; Oligodynamic effect

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MERA GENE; MERB GENE; METAL BINDING; METAL TOLERANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; VOLATILIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LYASES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 82355185742     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-011-0751-4     Document Type: Review

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