Issue 18, 2009
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Chemical Communications

The detection of Hg2+ by cyanobacteria in aqueous media†

Moorthy Suresh,a   Sanjiv K. Mishra,a   Sandhya Mishra*a  and  Amitava Das*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR), G.B. Marg, Bhavnagar, India
E-mail: amitava@csmcri.org, smishra@csmcri.org.
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Abstract

A tetrapyrrole-based chromophore was obtained through the methanolysis of C-phycocyanin extracted from Spirulina platensis, and was found to act as a selective receptor for Hg2+ at physiological pH conditions.

Graphical abstract: The detection of Hg2+ by cyanobacteria in aqueous media

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B821687H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Dec 2008
Accepted
03 Mar 2009
First published
02 Apr 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 2496-2498

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The detection of Hg2+ by cyanobacteria in aqueous media

M. Suresh, S. K. Mishra, S. Mishra and A. Das, Chem. Commun., 2009, 2496 DOI: 10.1039/B821687H

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