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Metabolic studies of Hg-203 onChlamydomonas reinhardi

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Sterile cultures ofChlamydomonas reinhardi, WT+, were treated with Hg-203 at 25°C to identify probably formed volatile mercury compounds. Experiments were performed with living and dead cells under aerobic or anaerobic conditions, respectively, and the mercury concentration was measured in the system algae/nutrient medium. We found a timerelated decrease of mercury concentration in the cell suspension and the cell-free nutrient medium due to a reduction of Hg++ to Hg0, probably caused by extracellular enzymes; monomethyl or dimethyl mercury could not be detected.

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  1. J. Washüttl & E. Bancher

    Present address: Institut für Botanik, Technische Mikroskopie und Organische Rohstofflehre, Technische Universität Wien, Austria

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    W. Macka, H. Wihlidal, G. Stehlik, J. Washüttl & E. Bancher

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This work was supported by a grant of Österreichisches Bundesministerium für Gesundheit und Umweltschutz.

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Macka, W., Wihlidal, H., Stehlik, G. et al. Metabolic studies of Hg-203 onChlamydomonas reinhardi. Experientia 34, 602–604 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01936983

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