Oxidation and methylation of dissolved elemental mercury by anaerobic bacteria

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 751-754

  Hu, Haiyan ^a,b   Lin, Hui ^a   Zheng, Wang ^a   Tomanicek, Stephen J ^a   Johs, Alexander ^a   Feng, Xinbin ^b   Elias, Dwayne A ^c   Liang, Liyuan ^a   Gu, Baohua ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; NEUROLOGY; OXIDATION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; TOXIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO ALASKENSIS; GEOBACTER;

EID: 84883410807     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1894     Document Type: Article

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