Fig 1.
ICP-OES quantification of mercury removal by living bacterial biomass. (A) Quantification of mercury contents (expressed as percentages of the initial metal content) of bacterial pellets (shaded areas of bars) and culture supernatants (open areas of bars) after cultivation of bacteria in the presence of 100 μM HgCl2. (B) Mass of mercury (expressed as milligrams per gram [dry weight] of bacterial biomass) after cultivation in the presence of 100 μM HgCl2. Error bars represent standard deviations for triplicate experiments.