Structure analysis of a class II transposon encoding the mercury resistance of the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus megaterium MB1, a strain isolated from Minamata Bay, Japan

Chieh‐Chen Huang, Masaru Narita, T. Yamagata, +2

Gene

BacteriologyMolecular BiologyMercury ResistanceClass Ii TransposonMicrobiology +4

Diversity of mercury resistance determinants among<i>Bacillus</i>strains isolated from sediment of Minamata Bay

Masaru Narita, Kazuyuki Chiba, Hiroshi Nishizawa, +5

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Microbial DiversityBiochemistryMercury ChemistryExtremophileMercury Biogeochemistry +12

Identification of three merB genes and characterization of a broad-spectrum mercury resistance module encoded by a class II transposon of Bacillus megaterium strain MB1

Chieh‐Chen Huang, Masaru Narita, T. Yamagata, +1

Gene

Antimicrobial Resistance GeneGeneticsBacteriologyMolecular BiologyClass Ii Transposon +6

Organomercurials removal by heterogeneous merB genes harboring bacterial strains

Mei-Fang Chien, Masaru Narita, Kuo-Hsing Lin, +3

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Organomercurials RemovalGeneticsMicrobiologyMolecular MicrobiologyMedicine +1

Mercury resistance transposons in Bacilli strains from different geographical regions

Kazuaki Matsui, Satoshi Yoshinami, Masaru Narita, +4

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Dissemination of TnMERI1-like mercury resistance transposons among Bacillus isolated from worldwide environmental samples

Masaru Narita, Kazuaki Matsui, Chieh‐Chen Huang, +2

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

BiologyMer OperonsAntimicrobial Resistance GeneFifty-six Mercury-resistantBacteriology +8

Characterization of two regulatory genes of the mercury resistance determinants from TnMERI1 by luciferase-based examination

Chieh‐Chen Huang, Masaru Narita, T. Yamagata, +3

Gene

Molecular CharacterizationMedicineGeneticsLuciferase-based ExaminationRegulatory Genes +8

Bioluminescence Biosensor for the Detection of Organomercury Contamination

Ginro Endo, T. Yamagata, Masaru Narita, +1

Acta Biotechnologica

EngineeringBioluminescenceBiosensing SystemsNatural SciencesMicrobial Proteomics +10

Simultaneous detection and removal of organomercurial compounds by using the genetic expression system of an organomercury lyase from the transposon Tn MERI1

Masaru Narita, T. Yamagata, Hideyuki Ishii, +2

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Bioorganic ChemistryBiotransformationBiochemistryBiochemical TaxonomyNatural Sciences +10

(Gene,239(2):361-366)Identification of three merB genes and characterization of a broad-spectrum mercury resistance module encoded by a class II transposon of Bacillus megaterium strain MB1

Chieh‐Chen Huang, Masaru Narita, T. Yamagata, +1

GeneticsBacteriologyMolecular BiologyMolecular GeneticsClass Ii Transposon +6