A rapid electrochemical procedure for the detection of Hg(0) produced by mercuric-reductase: Application for monitoring Hg-resistant bacteria activity.

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 10675-10681

  Battistel, Dario ^a   Baldi, Franco ^a   Marchetto, Davide ^a   Gallo, Michele ^a   Daniele, Salvatore ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANODIC STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY; COFACTORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ENZYMATIC REDUCTION; GOLD MICROELECTRODES; MERCURIC REDUCTASE; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; POLLUTED SEDIMENTS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA STRAIN; RAPID DETERMINATION; RUDITAPES PHILIPPINARUM; SOFT TISSUE;

MERCURY (METAL); MICROELECTRODES; VOLTAMMETRY;

GOLD;

GOLD; MERCURY; MERCURY (II) REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POTASSIUM NITRATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIVALVE; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GOLD; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ITALY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REDUCTION; RUDITAPES PHILIPPINARUM; SEA; SEDIMENT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; GOLD; ITALY; MERCURY; MICROELECTRODES; NADP; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BIVALVIA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 84867060306     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301444a     Document Type: Article

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