Production of methylated mercury, lead, and cadmium by marine bacteria as a significant natural source for atmospheric heavy metals in polar regions

Chemosphere

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-102

  Pongratz, Richard ^a   Heumann, Klaus G ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHYLL A; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOLEAD COMPOUND; SEA WATER; TETRAMETHYLLEAD;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; METHYLMERCURY; POLAR REGION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE VOLTAMMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCUBATION TIME; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033168164     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00591-8     Document Type: Article

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