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Growth of Chlamydomonas in a Medium containing Mercury

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WE have studied the behaviour of the alga Chlamydomonas grown in a medium containing mercury with a view to the removal of mercury from sewage and industrial wastes by algal treatment processes. It is already known that in several algae, and other aquatic organisms, there is an accumulation of mercury in the cells whenever mercury is present in the growth media1, and that when mercury is present in the growth medium, there is a lag period in the development of a Chlorella culture2.

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    DAVID BEN-BASSAT, GEDALIA SHELEF, NACHMAN GRUNER & HILLEL I. SHUVAL

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BEN-BASSAT, D., SHELEF, G., GRUNER, N. et al. Growth of Chlamydomonas in a Medium containing Mercury. Nature 240, 43–44 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/240043a0

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