Volatilization of mercuric chloride by mercury-resistant plasmid-bearing strains of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Several bacterial strains carrying genes determining mercury resistance on naturally occurring plasmids will convert 10(-5)m Hg(2+) (chloride) to a form of mercury which is volatile and soluble in organic solvents. The volatilization activity is induced by exposure to HgCl(2).
D000332:Aerobiosis; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism; D002725:Chloroform; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005111:Extrachromosomal Inheritance; D005796:Genes; D008628:Mercury / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008629:Mercury Isotopes; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012997:Solvents; D013045:Species Specificity; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014835:Volatilization
D002712:Chlorides; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008629:Mercury Isotopes; D012997:Solvents; D002725:Chloroform; D008628:Mercury