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The diversity of mercury reductases among mercury‐resistant bacteria
Author(s) -
Bogdanova E.S.,
Mindlin S.Z.,
Kalyaeva E.S.,
Nikiforov V.G.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(88)80098-x
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , bacteria , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , computer science , programming language
Two immunologically non‐cross‐reactive types of mercury reductases were found among Gram‐negative and two among Gram‐positive mercury‐resistant environmental bacteria. Mercury reductases were further discriminated by ‘spur’ formation immunodiffusion tests. Immunologically indistinguishable mercury reductases were found among strains belonging to phylogenetically distant genera. This suggests a horizontal transfer of mercury resistance genes between these strains.