A conservative region of the mercuric reductase gene (mera) as a molecular marker of bacterial mercury resistance

The most common bacterial mercury resistance mechanism is based on the reduction of Hg(II) to Hg(0), which is dependent of the mercuric reductase enzyme (MerA) activity. The use of a 431 bp fragment of a conservative region of the mercuric reductase (merA) gene was applied as a molecular marker of t...

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Autores principales: Sotero-Martins, Adriana, de Jesus, Michele Silva, Lacerda, Michele, Moreira, Josino Costa, Filgueiras, Ana Luzia Lauria, Barrocas, Paulo Rubens Guimarães
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2008
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Environmental Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3768397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24031221
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-838220080002000020
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Sumario:The most common bacterial mercury resistance mechanism is based on the reduction of Hg(II) to Hg(0), which is dependent of the mercuric reductase enzyme (MerA) activity. The use of a 431 bp fragment of a conservative region of the mercuric reductase (merA) gene was applied as a molecular marker of this mechanism, allowing the identification of mercury resistant bacterial strains.

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