title: Bacterial resistance mechanisms for heavy metals of environmental concern.
abstract: Bacterial species have genetically-determined systems for resistances to toxic heavy metals. Those for metals of environmental concern including mercury cadmium, arsenic and others are briefly summarized, considering the genes of the systems and the biochemical mechanisms by which the resistance proteins function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago 60612-7344, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Silver
mesh_terms: D001151:Arsenic / Q000494:pharmacology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002104:Cadmium / Q000494:pharmacology; D004351:Drug Resistance / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008628:Mercury / Q000494:pharmacology; D008670:Metals / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances; D008670:Metals; D002104:Cadmium; D008628:Mercury; D001151:Arsenic