Nakamura K, Sakamoto M, Uchiyama H, Yagi O
Department of Basic Medical Science, National Institute for Minamata Disease, Kumamoto, Japan.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1990 Jan;56(1):304-5. doi: 10.1128/aem.56.1.304-305.1990.
A total of 4,604 bacterial strains isolated from the sediments of Minamata Bay and nearby low-level-mercury stations (control stations) were screened for the ability to volatilize mercury from inorganic and organic mercurial compounds. The strains that volatilize mercury from several kinds of organomercurials were found only in the sediments of Minamata Bay.
从水俣湾及其附近低汞站点(对照站点)的沉积物中总共分离出4604株细菌菌株,对它们从无机和有机汞化合物中挥发汞的能力进行了筛选。仅在水俣湾的沉积物中发现了能从几种有机汞中挥发汞的菌株。