Plasmid-encoded mercuric reductase in Mycobacterium scrofulaceum
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Plasmid-encoded mercuric reductase in Mycobacterium scrofulaceum.
A Chesapeake Bay water isolate of Mycobacterium scrofulaceum containing a 115-megadalton plasmid (pVT1) grew in the presence of 100 microM HgCl2 and converted soluble 203Hg2+ to volatile mercury at a rate of 50 pmol/10(8) cells per min. Cell extracts contained a soluble mercuric reductase whose activity was not dependent on exogenously supplied thiol compounds. The enzyme displayed nearly ident...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.157.2.669-672.1984