Detailed assessment of the kinetics of Hg-cell association, Hg methylation, and methylmercury degradation in several Desulfovibrio species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7337-7346

  Graham, Andrew M ^a,c   Bullock, Allyson L ^a   Maizel, Andrew C ^a   Elias, Dwayne A ^b   Gilmour, Cynthia C ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; CROSS-SPECIES; DEMETHYLATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; GENOMICS; GROWTH PHASE; HIGH AFFINITY; MASS BALANCE; METHYLMERCURY; PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES; UPTAKE RATE;

ALKYLATION; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION; SORPTION;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; TIME;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; MERCURY; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO AESPOEENSIS; DESULFOVIBRIO ALCOHOLOVORANS; DESULFOVIBRIO ALKALITOLERANS; DESULFOVIBRIO CARBINOLIPHILUS; DESULFOVIBRIO PIGER; DESULFOVIBRIO SULFODISMUTANS;

EID: 84868338869     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01792-12     Document Type: Article

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