The detection of Hg2+ by cyanobacteria in aqueous media.
A tetrapyrrole-based chromophore was obtained through the methanolysis of C-phycocyanin extracted from Spirulina platensis, and was found to act as a selective receptor for Hg(2+) at physiological pH conditions.
Suresh
Moorthy
M
Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, G.B. Marg, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India.
Mishra
Sanjiv K
SK
Mishra
Sandhya
S
Das
Amitava
A
D000327:Adsorption; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D008697:Methane / Q000378:metabolism; D010798:Phycocyanin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D053545:Spirulina / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014871:Water Microbiology
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010798:Phycocyanin; D008628:Mercury; D008697:Methane