Mechanisms regulating mercury bioavailability for methylating microorganisms in the aquatic environment: a critical review

H Hsu-Kim, KH Kucharzyk, T Zhang… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Mercury is a potent neurotoxin for humans, particularly if the metal is in the form of
methylmercury. Mercury is widely distributed in aquatic ecosystems as a result of …

Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling

JE Sonke, H Angot, Y Zhang, A Poulain, E Björn… - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Past and present anthropogenic mercury (Hg) release to ecosystems causes neurotoxicity
and cardiovascular disease in humans with an estimated economic cost of $117 billion USD …

Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major …

DW Waite, M Chuvochina, C Pelikan… - … of Systematic and …, 2020 - microbiologyresearch.org
The class Deltaproteobacteria comprises an ecologically and metabolically diverse group of
bacteria best known for dissimilatory sulphate reduction and predatory behaviour. Although …

The C9orf72 GGGGCC Repeat Is Translated into Aggregating Dipeptide-Repeat Proteins in FTLD/ALS

K Mori, SM Weng, T Arzberger, S May, K Rentzsch… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Expansion of a GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat upstream of the C9orf72 coding region is
the most common cause of familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration and amyotrophic …

[BOOK][B] Geomicrobiology

HL Ehrlich, DK Newman - 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Uncovers the Key Role Microbes Play in the Transformation of Oxidizable and Reducible
MineralsMany areas of geomicrobial processes are receiving serious attention from …

The genetic basis for bacterial mercury methylation

JM Parks, A Johs, M Podar, R Bridou, RA Hurt Jr… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Methylmercury is a potent neurotoxin produced in natural environments from inorganic
mercury by anaerobic bacteria. However, until now the genes and proteins involved have …

Mercury methylation by novel microorganisms from new environments

CC Gilmour, M Podar, AL Bullock… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Microbial mercury (Hg) methylation transforms a toxic trace metal into the highly
bioaccumulated neurotoxin methylmercury (MeHg). The lack of a genetic marker for …

Global prevalence and distribution of genes and microorganisms involved in mercury methylation

M Podar, CC Gilmour, CC Brandt, A Soren… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
Mercury (Hg) methylation produces the neurotoxic, highly bioaccumulative methylmercury
(MeHg). The highly conserved nature of the recently identified Hg methylation genes hgcAB …

Demethylation─ the other side of the mercury methylation coin: a critical review

T Barkay, B Gu - ACS Environmental Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
The public and environmental health consequences of mercury (Hg) methylation have
drawn much attention and considerable research to Hg methylation processes and their …

A post-genomic view of the ecophysiology, catabolism and biotechnological relevance of sulphate-reducing prokaryotes

R Rabus, SS Venceslau, L Wöhlbrand… - Advances in microbial …, 2015 - Elsevier
Dissimilatory sulphate reduction is the unifying and defining trait of sulphate-reducing
prokaryotes (SRP). In their predominant habitats, sulphate-rich marine sediments, SRP have …