Mercuric reductase gene transfer from soil to rumen bacteria
Language English Country United States Media print
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
17007435
DOI
10.1007/bf02931823
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- MeSH
- Rumen microbiology MeSH
- Bacillus subtilis genetics metabolism MeSH
- Biodegradation, Environmental MeSH
- Citrobacter freundii genetics metabolism MeSH
- DNA Fingerprinting MeSH
- Conjugation, Genetic * MeSH
- Soil Pollutants metabolism MeSH
- Sheep metabolism microbiology MeSH
- Oxidoreductases genetics metabolism MeSH
- Gene Transfer, Horizontal genetics MeSH
- Soil Microbiology * MeSH
- Mercury metabolism MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Slovakia MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Soil Pollutants MeSH
- mercuric reductase MeSH Browser
- Oxidoreductases MeSH
- Mercury MeSH
Conjugal transfer between soil bacterial population and microorganisms isolated from the rumen of herbivores from mercury-polluted area was investigated. The transfer of merA encoding mercury-resistance plasmids from soil bacteria Enterobacter cloacae and Enterococcus durans into two ruminal isolates Citrobacter freundii and Bacillus subtilis was observed. Approximately the same frequency of mobilization in mating experiments was observed for both Gram-negative (approximately 2.5 x 10(-8), transconjugants-to-recipient ratio) and Gram-positive (approximately 1.3 x 10(-8)) bacteria.
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