Mechanisms of Plasmid-Determined Heavy Metal Resistances

Silver, Simon

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Simon Silver⁴

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Many plasmids of both Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria have genes determining resistances to a wide range of toxic inorganic cations and anions, including ions of mercury (and organ-omercurials), cadmium (in Gram positives only), arsenic, antimony, bismuth, chromium, silver and tellurium. Three years ago, we reviewed the available information on the physiological and biochemical bases of these resistances, as well as the genetic structures that govern them (Summers and Silver, 1978). Here I will try to summarize both the overall picture and newer findings.

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Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
Royston C. Clowes
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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Silver, S. (1981). Mechanisms of Plasmid-Determined Heavy Metal Resistances. In: Levy, S.B., Clowes, R.C., Koenig, E.L. (eds) Molecular Biology, Pathogenicity, and Ecology of Bacterial Plasmids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3983-0_18

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