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| Lima e Silva,Agostinho A. de; Carvalho,Márcia A. Ribeiro de; Souza,Sérgio A. L de; Dias,Patrícia M. Teixeira; Silva Filho,Renato G. da; Saramago,Carmen S. de Meirelles; Bento,Cleonice A. de Melo; Hofer,Ernesto. |
| Samples of sewage from a university hospital and a chemistry technical school were analysed for the percentage of bacterial tolerance to chromium (Cr), silver (Ag) and mercury (Hg). Additionally, we investigated the effect of these metals on pigmentation and on some enzymatic activities of the metal tolerant strains isolated, as well as antimicrobial resistance in some metal tolerant Enterobacteriaceae strains. Tolerance to Cr was observed mainly in Gram positive bacteria while in the case of Ag and Hg the tolerant bacteria were predominately Gram negative. Hg was the metal for which the percentage of tolerance was significantly higher, especially in samples from the hospital sewage (4.1%). Mercury also had the most discernible effect on color of the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Metal tolerance; Sewage; Pigment; Enzymatic inhibition; Antimicrobial resistance. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822012000400047 |
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