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. 1987 Aug;53(8):1951–1954. doi: 10.1128/aem.53.8.1951-1954.1987

Plasmid-encoded copper resistance and precipitation by Mycobacterium scrofulaceum.

F X Erardi 1, M L Failla 1, J O Falkinham 3rd 1
PMCID: PMC204032  PMID: 3662522

Abstract

A copper-tolerant Mycobacterium scrofulaceum strain was able to remove copper from culture medium by sulfate-dependent precipitation as copper sulfide. Such precipitation of copper sulfide was not observed in a derivative that lacks a 173-kilobase plasmid. In addition, the plasmid-carrying strain has a sulfate-independent copper resistance mechanism.

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