Mercury-Resistant Bacteria and Petroleum Degradation
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- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied Microbiology
- Vol. 27 (1) , 285-287
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.27.1.285-287.1974
Abstract
The concentration of mercury in water and sediment and in the oil extracted from water and sediment was determined for samples collected in Colgate Creek, located in Baltimore Harbor of the Chesapeake Bay. The concentration of mercury in the oil was 4,000 times higher than in sediment and 300,000 times higher than in water samples. The mercury-resistant bacterial populations of the samples studied have been shown to degrade oil, suggesting these bacteria to be a significant factor in the degradation of oil in Colgate Creek.Keywords
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