Identical Hg isotope mass dependent fractionation signature during methylation by sulfate-reducing bacteria in sulfate and sulfate-free environment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1365-1373

  Perrot, Vincent ^a,c   Bridou, Romain ^a,b   Pedrero, Zoyne ^a   Guyoneaud, Remy ^b   Monperrus, Mathilde ^a   Amouroux, David ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IBEAS   (France)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; METHYLATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS-INDEPENDENT FRACTIONATION; NATURAL AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE-REDUCING CONDITIONS; TIME-COURSE EXPERIMENTS;

ISOTOPES;

CHLORIDE; CYSTEINE; FUMARIC ACID; MECOBALAMIN; MERCURY; SULFATE;

BIOACCUMULATION; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SULFATE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURFACE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DEMETHYLATION; DESULFOBULBUS; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO DECHLORACETIVORANS; ENVIRONMENT; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE TRACING; KINETICS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; POLYMERIZATION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

DESULFOVIBRIO DECHLORACETIVORANS;

EID: 84964237800     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5033376     Document Type: Article

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