title: Translocatable resistance to mercuric and phenylmercuric ions in soil bacteria.
abstract: Of a sample of 42 gram-negative Hg-resistant bacteria, three (a Pseudomonas fluorescens, a Klebsiella sp. and a Citrobacter sp.) contained translocatable elements conferring resistance to Hg2+ (all three) and to Hg2+ and phenylmercuric acetate (P. fluorescens). The discovery of transposable phenylmercuric acetate resistance extends the range of known resistance "transposons" from heavy metals and antibiotics to organometallic compounds.
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D002954:Citrobacter / Q000187:drug effects; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000187:drug effects; D008628:Mercury / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010662:Phenylmercuric Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010663:Phenylmercury Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011551:Pseudomonas fluorescens / Q000187:drug effects; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D010663:Phenylmercury Compounds; D008628:Mercury; D010662:Phenylmercuric Acetate