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High diversity of bacterial mercuric reductase genes from surface and sub-surface floodplain soil (Oak Ridge, USA).

The ISME journal - 1 Sept 2007

Oregaard Gunnar, Sørensen Søren J

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DNA was extracted from different depth soils (0-5, 45-55 and 90-100 cm below surface) sampled at Lower East Fork Poplar Creek floodplain (LEFPCF), Oak Ridge (TN, USA). The presence of merA genes, encoding the mercuric reductase, the key enzyme in detoxification of mercury in bacteria, was examined by PCR targeting Actinobacteria, Firmicutes or beta/gamma-Proteobacteria. beta/gamma-Proteobacteria merA genes were...

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PMID: 18043664
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2007.56

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