Research Article

Molybdenum Reduction to Molybdenum Blue in Serratia sp. Strain DRY5 Is Catalyzed by a Novel Molybdenum-Reducing Enzyme

Table 3

Effect of metal salts (0.01 mM) on activity of Mo-reducing enzyme of Serratia sp. strain DRY5.

MetalsRelative activity (%)
± standard deviation ( )

Control101.07 ± 2.10
Ni103.86 ± 2.51
Ag103.25 ± 5.19
Co103.11 ± 2.83
Cd102.30 ± 2.79
W102.22 ± 6.28
Zn101.61 ± 3.71
Al101.61 ± 2.59
Cr101.47 ± 3.96
Cs101.32 ± 5.15
As101.07 ± 6.57
Li98.30 ± 4.89
Se97.38 ± 2.30
Bo96.89 ± 2.12
Hg96.83 ± 2.55
Ba93.84 ± 2.83
Mn92.34 ± 10.77
Pb61.93 ± 25.35
Cu23.32 ± 1.55