Characterization of mercury-resistant clinical Aeromonas species

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Abigail Pérez-valdespino¹  Martin Celestino-mancera¹  Viridiana Lorena Villegas-rodríguez¹  Everardo Curiel-quesada¹ 

[1] ,Instituto Politécnico Nacional Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Department of BiochemistryMexico City,Mexico

关键词: Aeromonas;    mercury resistance;    clinical strains;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1517-83822013000400036

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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 the first report of mercury-resistant clinical Aeromonas strains.

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