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Mercury-methylating bacteria are associated with copepods: A proof-of-principle survey in the Baltic Sea

Methylmercury (MeHg) is a potent neurotoxin that biomagnifies in marine food webs. Inorganic mercury (Hg) methylation is conducted by heterotrophic bacteria inhabiting sediment or settling detritus, but endogenous methylation by the gut microbiome of animals in the lower food webs is another possibl...

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Autores principales: Gorokhova, Elena, Soerensen, Anne L., Motwani, Nisha H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7075563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32176728
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230310

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