Mercury methylation by metabolically versatile and cosmopolitan marine bacteria
Mercury methylation by metabolically versatile and cosmopolitan marine bacteria
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Microbes transform aqueous mercury (Hg) into methylmercury (MeHg), a potent neurotoxin that accumulates in terrestrial and marine food webs, with potential impacts on human health. This process requires the gene pair
hgcAB
, which encodes for proteins that actuate Hg methylation, and has been well described for anoxic environments. However, r...
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Mercury methylation by metabolically versatile and cosmopolitan marine bacteria
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_8163782
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_8163782
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1751-7362
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1751-7370
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10.1038/s41396-020-00889-4
