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Six of ten Pseudomonas strains selected from environmental samples for their ability to degrade aromatic compounds were found to be mercury resistant. Mercury detoxification proceeded through Hg2+ volatilization and the genes involved were chromosomally located. All the mercury resistant strains proved able to degrade aromatic compounds in the presence of Hg2+.
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