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Abundance and diversity of copper resistance genes cusA and copA in microbial communities in relation to the impact of copper on Chilean marine sediments.
Marine pollution bulletin - 15 Feb 2013
Besaury Ludovic, Bodilis Josselin, Delgas Fabien, Andrade Santiago, De la Iglesia Rodrigo, Ouddane Baghdad, Quillet Laurent
Abstract excerpt
Microorganisms have developed copper-resistance mechanisms in order to survive in contaminated environments. The abundance of the copper-resistance genes cusA and copA, encoding respectively for a Resistance Cell Nodulation protein and for a P-type ATP-ase pump, was assessed in copper and non-copper-impacted Chilean marine sediment cores by the use of molecular tools. We demonstrated that number of copA and cusA...
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