Role of morphological growth state and gene expression in desulfovibrio africanus strain walvis bay mercury methylation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4926-4932

  Moberly, James G ^a   Miller, Carrie L ^b   Brown, Steven D ^a   Biswas, Abir ^b,c   Brandt, Craig C ^a   Palumbo, Anthony V ^a   Elias, Dwayne A ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMPLEX PROCESSES; DESULFOVIBRIO; DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSIONS; ELECTRON-ACCEPTOR; EXPONENTIAL PHASE; FERROUS IRON; GROWTH-PHASE DEPENDENCE; IRON TRANSPORT; IRON TRANSPORTER; MERCURY METHYLATION; METAL BINDING DOMAIN; METHYL MERCURY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PROTEOBACTERIUM; RIBOSOMAL GENES;

ALKYLATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION; MORPHOLOGY;

MERCURY (METAL);

FERROUS ION; MERCURY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; IRON; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; METHYLMERCURY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PROTEIN; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO AFRICANUS; GENE EXPRESSION; METAL BINDING; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; UPREGULATION;

DESULFOVIBRIO AFRICANUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS;

ERONGO; NAMIBIA; WALVIS BAY;

DESULFOVIBRIO AFRICANUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84860467724     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3000933     Document Type: Article

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