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Biodegradation of phenylmercuric acetate by mercury-resistant bacteria
Applied Microbiology
|September 1, 1973
Abstract:
Selected cultures of mercury-resistant bacteria degrade the fungicide-slimicide phenylmercuric acetate. By means of a closed system incorporating a flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometer and a vapor phase chromatograph, it was demonstrated that elemental mercury vapor and benzene were products of phenylmercuric acetate degradation.