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ArticleJournal of industrial microbiology1995

The czc operon of Alcaligenes eutrophus CH34: from resistance mechanism to the removal of heavy metals.

L Diels, Q Dong, D van der Lelie, W Baeyens, M Mergeay

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Article in Journal of industrial microbiology, 1995. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

L DielsFlemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium.
Q Dong
D van der Lelie
W Baeyens
M Mergeay

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The plasmid-borne czc operon ensures for resistance to Cd2+, Zn2+ and Co2+ ions through a tricomponent export pathway and is associated to various conjugative plasmids of A. eutrophus strains isolated from metal-contaminated industrial areas. The czc region of pMOL30 was reassessed especially for the segments located upstream and downstream the structural genes czc CBA. In cultures grown with high concentrations of heavy metals, czc-mediated efflux of cations is followed by a process of metal bioprecipitation. These observations led to the development of bioreactors designed for the removal of heavy metals from polluted effluents.

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MetalsAlcaligenesAmino Acid SequenceATP-Binding Cassette TransportersBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceBiodegradation, EnvironmentalDrug Resistance, MicrobialGenes, BacterialMolecular Sequence DataPlasmidsATP-Binding Cassette TransportersBacterial ProteinsMetals

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PMID7766206

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