Characterization of mercury-resistant clinical Aeromonas species

Mercury-resistant Aeromonas strains isolated from diarrhea were studied. Resistance occurs via mercuric ion reduction but merA and merR genes were only detected in some strains using PCR and dot hybridization. Results indicate a high variability in mer operons in Aeromonas. To our knowledge, this is...

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Main Authors: Pérez-Valdespino, Abigail, Celestino-Mancera, Martin, Villegas-Rodríguez, Viridiana Lorena, Curiel-Quesada, Everardo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Microbiology 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3958199/