Characterization of a marine-isolated mercury-resistant Pseudomonas putida strain SP1 and its potential application in marine mercury reduction

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1305-1314

  Zhang, Weiwei ^a,b   Chen, Lingxin ^a,b   Liu, Dongyan ^a,b  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bioremediation of HgCl 2 contamination; Marine environment; mer operon; Pseudomonas putida

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOMES; COLD VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; KANAMYCINS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MER OPERON; MERCURIC REDUCTASE; MERCURY REDUCTION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA STRAIN; TOTAL MERCURIES;

ANTIBIOTICS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CHROMOSOMES; COPPER COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION; VAPORS;

BACTERIA;

MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTIBIOTICS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CADMIUM; CHROMOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLATFISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OPTIMIZATION; PATHOGEN; PH; VIRULENCE; VOLATILIZATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CLONING; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LD 50; MARINE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; VAPOR; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FISH DISEASES; FLATFISHES; FLOUNDER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VOLATILIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SCOPHTHALMIDAE;

EID: 84856390870     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3454-5     Document Type: Article

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