Mercury methylation by metabolically versatile and cosmopolitan marine bacteria

Microbes transform aqueous mercury (Hg) into methylmercury (MeHg), a potent neurotoxin that accumulates in terrestrial and marine food webs, with potential impacts on human health. This process requires the gene pair hgcAB, which encodes for proteins that actuate Hg methylation, and has been well de...

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Autores principales: Lin, Heyu, Ascher, David B., Myung, Yoochan, Lamborg, Carl H., Hallam, Steven J., Gionfriddo, Caitlin M., Holt, Kathryn E., Moreau, John W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8163782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33504941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00889-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8163782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33504941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00889-4

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