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Silver resistance was studied in a silver-resistant Pseudomonas stutzeri AG259 strain and compared to a silver-sensitive P. stutzeri JM303 strain. Silver resistance was not due to silver complexation to intracellular polyphosphate or the presence of low molecular weight metal-binding protein(s). Both the silver-resistant and silver-sensitive P. stutzeri strains produced H2S, with the silver-resistant AG259 strain producing lower amounts of H2S than the silver-sensitive JM303 strain. However, intracellular acid-labile sulfide levels were generally higher in the silver-resistant P. stutzeri AG259 strain. Silver resistance may be due to formation of silver-sulfide complexes in the silver-resistant P. stutzeri AG259 strain.
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Slawson, R.M., Lohmeier-Vogel, E.M., Lee, H. et al. Silver resistance in Pseudomonas stutzeri . Biometals 7, 30–40 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00205191
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