EFFECTS OF MERCURY COMPOUNDS ON UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS.

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

12-1-1985

Abstract

Some topics discussed are these: scope of the problem of mercury pollution; chemical and biological aspects; biotransformation; mercury resistance (general resistance, exposure, volatization, mechanism, and genetics); methyl mercury (general considerations, methods of methylation, bacteria, algae, and fungi); demethylation; mechanism (methylation and decomposition); localization by organisms; bioaccumulation; uses for mercury; bioindicators or bioassay; intestinal microflora (general aspects, metabolism, methylation, demethylation, volatization, and protection); effects of mercury (organisms, and mercury effects on morphology); detoxification (organisms and protective compounds); and experimental problem (bacteria, population, uptake, complexing, interferences, food, losses, media, methylation, and methodology).

Identifier

0022297602 (Scopus)

ISBN

[0877623910]

Publication Title

Biotechnol Appl and Res

First Page

651

Last Page

670

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