Versatile artificial mer operons in Escherichia coli towards whole cell biosensing and adsorption of mercury.

Mercury exists naturally and mainly as a man-made pollutant in the environment, where it exerts adverse effects on local ecosystems and living organisms. It is important to develop an appropriate synthetic biological device that recognizes, detects and removes the bioavailable fraction of environmen...

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Main Authors: Nai-Xing Zhang, Yan Guo, Hui Li, Xue-Qin Yang, Chao-Xian Gao, Chang-Ye Hui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252190