Reduction of Mercury to the Elemental State by a Yeast

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1 January 1974

journal article
research article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied Microbiology

Vol. 27 (5) , 870-873
https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.27.5.870-873.1974

Abstract

A yeast of the genus Cryptococcus has been isolated from a stream and was shown to be capable of reducing mercury to the elemental state. The organism grows in Wickerham broth supplemented with high concentrations of mercury (II) chloride (180 mg of mercury per liter) and will metabolize [¹⁴C]glucose in this medium as do cells in the absence of mercury. Mercury was associated with the cell wall and membrane, and in vacuoles within the cytoplasm. Images

Keywords

ELEMENTAL STATE
REDUCING MERCURY
WICKERHAM BROTH
YEAST
HIGH CONCENTRATIONS
GENUS CRYPTOCOCCUS
BROTH SUPPLEMENTED
ORGANISM GROWS

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