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. 1981 Sep;147(3):1110-2.
doi: 10.1128/jb.147.3.1110-1112.1981.

Translocatable resistance to mercuric and phenylmercuric ions in soil bacteria

A J Radford, J Oliver, W J Kelly, D C Reanney

Translocatable resistance to mercuric and phenylmercuric ions in soil bacteria

A J Radford et al. J Bacteriol. 1981 Sep.

Abstract

Of a sample of 42 gram-negative Hg-resistant bacteria, three (a Pseudomonas fluorescens, a Klebsiella sp. and a Citrobacter sp.) contained translocatable elements conferring resistance to Hg2+ (all three) and to Hg2+ and phenylmercuric acetate (P. fluorescens). The discovery of transposable phenylmercuric acetate resistance extends the range of known resistance "transposons" from heavy metals and antibiotics to organometallic compounds.

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