Babich H, Stotzky G
Can J Microbiol. 1979 Nov;25(11):1252-7. doi: 10.1139/m79-197.
Mixtures of anionic HgCl3-/HgCl4(2)-complexes were less toxic to terrestrial bacteria (Erwinia herbicola, Agrobacterium tumefaciens), to marine bacteria (Acinetobacter sp., Aeromonas sp.), and to bacteriophages (phi 11 M 15 of Staphylococcus aureus and P1 of Escherichia coli) than were equivalent concentrations of Hg as cationic Hg2+. The toxicity of 1 ppm Hg to A. tumefaciens. Aeromonas sp., and phi 11 M 15 was less in seawater than in lake water. Inasmuch as the Hg-Cl species are formed in environments of high chloride concentration, it was postulated that the lower toxicity of Hg in seawater was a result of the formation of HgCl3-/HgCl4(2)-complexes.
与同等浓度的阳离子汞（Hg2+）相比，阴离子型HgCl3-/HgCl4(2)-络合物混合物对陆生细菌（草生欧文氏菌、根癌土壤杆菌）、海洋细菌（不动杆菌属、气单胞菌属）和噬菌体（金黄色葡萄球菌的phi 11 M 15和大肠杆菌的P1）的毒性更低。1 ppm汞对根癌土壤杆菌、气单胞菌属和phi 11 M 15的毒性在海水中低于在湖水中。鉴于汞-氯物种在高氯浓度环境中形成，据推测海水中汞毒性较低是HgCl3-/HgCl4(2)-络合物形成的结果。
