Toward bioremediation of methylmercury using silica encapsulated Escherichia coli harboring the mer operon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kane, Aunica L ^a   Al Shayeb, Basem ^a   Holec, Patrick V ^a   Rajan, Srijay ^a   Le Mieux, Nicholas E ^a   Heinsch, Stephen C ^a   Psarska, Sona ^a   Aukema, Kelly G ^a   Sarkar, Casim A ^a   Nater, Edward A ^a   Gralnick, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; MINERAL OIL; SILICON DIOXIDE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROLYSIS; MERRTPAB GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RESTRICTION SITE; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICROSPHERES; OPERON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84955298422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147036     Document Type: Article

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