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Fish farming affects the abundance and diversity of the mercury resistance gene merA in marine sediments.
Microbes and environments - 1 Jan 2011
Pitkänen Leena K, Tamminen Manu, Hynninen Anu, Karkman Antti, Corander Jukka, Kotilainen Aarno, Virta Marko
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Microbes in sediments below fish farming cages are exposed to a variety of compounds used in aquaculture, such as antifoulants, antimicrobials and mercury. Here, we assessed the abundance of the mercury resistance gene merA in the sediment of four fish farms and four pristine sites using quantitative PCR, and at three fish farms and two pristine sites by constructing clone libraries and sequencing merA amplicons....
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