Transformation, localization, and biomolecular binding of Hg species at subcellular level in methylating and nonmethylating sulfate-reducing bacteria

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 11744-11751

  Pedrero, Zoyne ^a   Bridou, Romain ^b   Mounicou, Sandra ^a   Guyoneaud, Remy ^b   Monperrus, Mathilde ^a   Amouroux, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche sur l'Environnement et les Matériaux   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOMOLECULAR BINDING; CELLULAR LEVELS; DEMETHYLATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; EXTRACELLULAR; INORGANIC MERCURY; ISOTOPICALLY LABELED; METABOLIC PROCESS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MONOMETHYLMERCURY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; SUB-CELLULAR; SUB-CELLULAR PARTITIONING; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

ALKYLATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (METAL);

METHYLATION;

MERCURY;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL BINDING; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; DEALKYLATION; DEMETHYLATION; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; METAL BINDING; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CYTOPLASM; DESULFOVIBRIO; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MERCURY; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS;

DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; DESULFOVIBRIO SP.;

EID: 84868535174     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302412q     Document Type: Article

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