Mercury reduction and complexation by natural organic matter in anoxic environments

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1479-1483

  Gu, Baohua ^a   Bian, Yongrong ^a,b   Miller, Carrie L ^a   Dong, Wenming ^a   Jiang, Xin ^b   Liang, Liyuan ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Hg dissolved organic matter complex; Methylation; Redox

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HUMIC ACID; MERCURY;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; COMPLEX FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79952139696     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1008747108     Document Type: Article

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