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. 1973 Sep;26(3):321-6.
doi: 10.1128/am.26.3.321-326.1973.

Biodegradation of phenylmercuric acetate by mercury-resistant bacteria

J D Nelson, W Blair, F E Brinckman, R R Colwell, W P Iverson

Biodegradation of phenylmercuric acetate by mercury-resistant bacteria

J D Nelson et al. Appl Microbiol. 1973 Sep.

Abstract

Selected cultures of mercury-resistant bacteria degrade the fungicide-slimicide phenylmercuric acetate. By means of a closed system incorporating a flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometer and a vapor phase chromatograph, it was demonstrated that elemental mercury vapor and benzene were products of phenylmercuric acetate degradation.

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