A conservative region of the mercuric reductase gene (merA) as a molecular marker of bacterial mercury resistance Região conservada do gene da mercúrio redutase (merA) como marcador molecular da resistência bacteriana ao mercúrio

A conservative region of the mercuric reductase gene (merA) as a molecular marker of bacterial mercury resistance Região conservada do gene da mercúrio redutase (merA) como marcador molecular da resistência bacteriana ao mercúrio

The most common bacterial mercury resistance mechanism is based on the reduction of Hg(II) to Hg0, 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 thi...

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Main Authors: Adriana Sotero-Martins, Michele Silva de Jesus, Michele Lacerda, Josino Costa Moreira, Ana Luzia Lauria Filgueiras, Paulo Rubens Guimarães Barrocas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2008-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
gene merA
resistência ao mercúrio
bactéria
marcador molecular
merA gene
mercury resistant
bacteria
molecular marker
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