Biodegradation of phenylmercuric acetate by mercury-resistant bacteria.
Selected cultures of mercury-resistant bacteria degrade the fungicide-slimicide phenylmercuric acetate. By means of a closed system incorporating a flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometer and a vapor phase chromatograph, it was demonstrated that elemental mercury vapor and benzene were products of phenylmercuric acetate degradation.
D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000378:metabolism*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001554:Benzene / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002845:Chromatography; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000378:metabolism*; D004925:Escherichia / Q000378:metabolism*; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000378:metabolism*; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial / Q000378:metabolism*; D008628:Mercury / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008629:Mercury Isotopes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism*; D011868:Radioisotopes; D012623:Seawater; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D014733:Vibrio / Q000378:metabolism*; D014835:Volatilization; D014871:Water Microbiology
D005659:Fungicides, Industrial; D008629:Mercury Isotopes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011868:Radioisotopes; D008628:Mercury; D001554:Benzene