The diversity of mercury reductases among mercury-resistant bacteria.
Two immunologically non-cross-reactive types of mercury reductases were found among Gram-negative and two among Gram-positive mercury-resistant environmental bacteria. Mercury reductases were further discriminated by 'spur' formation immunodiffusion tests. Immunologically indistinguishable mercury reductases were found among strains belonging to phylogenetically distant genera. This suggests a horizontal transfer of mercury resistance genes between these strains.
D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D008628:Mercury / Q000494:pharmacology*
D006867:Hydrolases; D008628:Mercury