Mercury methylation by the methanogen Methanospirillum hungatei

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 6325-6330

  Yu, Ri Qing ^a,c   Reinfelder, John R ^a   Hines, Mark E ^b   Barkay, Tamar ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; IRON REDUCING BACTERIA; MERCURIES (HG); MERCURY METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH;

ALKYLATION; BACTERIA; HEALTH RISKS; METHYLATION; PROTEINS;

METHANOGENS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; FOOD CHAIN; HEALTH RISK; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHANOGENESIS; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; NEUROLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOSPIRILLUM; METHYLATION; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; MERCURY; METHANOSPIRILLUM; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFIDES;

EID: 84885062221     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01556-13     Document Type: Article

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