Bacterial growth phase influences methylmercury production by the sulfate-reducing bacterium desulfovibrio desulfuricans nd132

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3943-3948

  Biswas, Abir ^a,c   Brooks, Scott C ^a   Miller, Carrie L ^a   Mosher, Jennifer J ^b   Yin, Xiangping L ^a   Drake, Meghan M ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132; Growth stage; Mercury; Methylation; Monomethylmercury

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE INOCULATION; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; GROWTH CURVES; GROWTH PHASE; GROWTH STAGES; HIGH ENERGY; METHYL MERCURY; MONOMETHYLMERCURY; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PHASE CULTURE; STATIONARY PHASE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

ALKYLATION; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION;

BACTERIOLOGY;

CHLORIDE; FUMARIC ACID; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; PYRUVIC ACID; SULFATE;

GROWTH; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER WATER; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; TESTING METHOD; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; GROWTH CURVE; INOCULATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; STRESS;

DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; FOOD CHAIN; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS;

EID: 80051797298     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.037     Document Type: Article

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