Mercury Methylation by the Methanogen Methanospirillum hungatei

Methylmercury (MeHg), a neurotoxic substance that accumulates in aquatic food chains and poses a risk to human health, is synthesized by anaerobic microorganisms in the environment. To date, mercury (Hg) methylation has been attributed to sulfate- and iron-reducing bacteria (SRB and IRB, respectivel...

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Main Authors: Yu, Ri-Qing, Reinfelder, John R., Hines, Mark E., Barkay, Tamar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013
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Environmental Microbiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3811210/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23934484
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01556-13
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