A Rapid Electrochemical Procedure for the Detection of Hg(0) Produced by Mercuric-Reductase: Application for Monitoring Hg-resistant Bacteria Activity.

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• 作者：Dario Battistel ; Franco Baldi ; Davide Marchetto ; Michele Gallo ; Salvatore Daniele
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T)
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：October 2, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：46
• 期：19
• 页码：10675-10681
• 全文大小：320K
• 年卷期：v.46,no.19(October 2, 2012)
• ISSN：1520-5851

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In this work, gold microelectrodes are employed as traps for the detection of volatilized metallic mercury produced by mercuric reductase (MerA) extracted from an Hg-resistant Pseudomonas putida strain FB1. The enzymatic reduction of Hg (II) to Hg (0) was induced by NADPH cofactor added to the samples. The amount of Hg(0) accumulated on the gold microelectrode surface was determined by anodic stripping voltammetry (ASV) after transferring the gold microelectrode in an aqueous solution containing 0.1 M HNO₃ + 1 M KNO₃. Electrochemical measurements were combined with spectrofluorometric assays of NADPH consumption to derive an analytical expression for the detection of a relative MerA activity of different samples with respect to that of P. putida. The method developed here was employed for the rapid determination of MerA produced by bacteria harbored in soft tissues of clams (Ruditapes philippinarum), collected in high Hg polluted sediments of Northern Adriatic Sea in Italy.