Walker J D, Colwell R R
Appl Microbiol. 1974 Jan;27(1):285-7. doi: 10.1128/am.27.1.285-287.1974.
The concentration of mercury in water and sediment and in the oil extracted from water and sediment was determined for samples collected in Colgate Creek, located in Baltimore Harbor of the Chesapeake Bay. The concentration of mercury in the oil was 4,000 times higher than in sediment and 300,000 times higher than in water samples. The mercury-resistant bacterial populations of the samples studied have been shown to degrade oil, suggesting these bacteria to be a significant factor in the degradation of oil in Colgate Creek.
对从切萨皮克湾巴尔的摩港的科尔盖特溪采集的水样和沉积物样本,以及从水样和沉积物中提取的油样中的汞浓度进行了测定。油样中的汞浓度比沉积物中的汞浓度高4000倍,比水样中的汞浓度高30万倍。研究的样本中的耐汞细菌种群已被证明能降解石油,这表明这些细菌是科尔盖特溪中石油降解的一个重要因素。