Mercury methylation and bacterial activity associated to tropical phytoplankton

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 364, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 188-199

  Coelho Souza, Sérgio A ^a   Guimarães, Jean R D ^a   Mauro, Jane B N ^a   Miranda, Marcio R ^a   Azevedo, Sandra M F O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Heterotrophic activity; Leucine; Methylmercury; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS; SULFATE MINERALS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CYANOBACTERIA; HETEROTROPHIC ACTIVITY; LEUCINE; METHYLMERCURY (MEHG); SULFATE REDUCTION;

BACTERIA;

LEUCINE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SULFATE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CYANOBACTERIUM; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT; TROPICS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

LEUCINE; MERCURY; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICROCYSTIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SULFATES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33646930888     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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