A PMA degrading constitutive organomercurial lyase in a broad-spectrum mercury resistant Bacillus pasteurii strain DR2. |
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| Authors: | K Pahan R Gachhui S Ray J Chaudhuri A Mandal |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry, University College of Science, Calcutta, India. |
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| Abstract: | A broad-spectrum Hg-resistant strain of B. pasteurii DR2 utilized phenylmercuric acetate (PMA) as sole source of carbon. This bacterial strain contained a constitutive organomercurial lyase which specifically degraded PMA but not other organo-mercurials. This PMA-lyase activity was also stimulated to different extents when this bacterial strain was grown in presence of different organic compounds as sole source of carbon. |
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