SYMBIOTIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FREE-LIVING AMEBA AND HARBORED MERCURY-RESISTANT BACTERIA

Authors
HAGNERE C HARF C
Citation
C. Hagnere et C. Harf, SYMBIOTIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FREE-LIVING AMEBA AND HARBORED MERCURY-RESISTANT BACTERIA, European journal of protistology, 29(2), 1993, pp. 155-159
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
European journal of protistology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09324739
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
155 - 159
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-4739(1993)29:2<155:SIBFAA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A co-culture of environmental Acanthamoeba sp. associated to Hg-sensit ive, narrow or broad-spectrum Hg-resistant Aeromonas sp. strains was e xposed to HgCl2 and phenylmercuric acetate. Amoebic growth depended on the Hg-resistance determinants of harboured bacteria. This laboratory model helped in understanding the mechanisms of Hg-resistance observe d in amoeba isolated in river waters after a mercuric pollution. Amoeb a acquired Hg-resistance by using symbiotic resistant bacteria.