Mercury methylation by dissimilatory iron-reducing bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 7919-7921

  Kerin, E J ^a,b   Gilmour, C C ^b   Roden, E ^c   Suzuki, M T ^a   Coates, J D ^d   Mason, R P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); NITRATES; REDUCTION;

DESULFUROMONAS STRAINS; GEOBACTER; MERCURY METHYLATION;

BACTERIA;

FERRIC ION; FUMARIC ACID; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NITRATE;

IRON; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFUROMONAS; GEOBACTER; IRON REDUCING BACTERIUM; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTES BY METABOLISM; REDUCTION; SHEWANELLA; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

DESULFUROMONAS; GEOBACTER; IRON; MERCURY; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SHEWANELLA;

DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFUROMONAS; GEOBACTER; SHEWANELLA;

EID: 33845526013     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01602-06     Document Type: Article

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