Treatment and remediation of metal-contaminated water and groundwater in mining areas by biological sulfidogenic processes: A review

Y Li, Q Zhao, M Liu, J Guo, J **a, J Wang, Y Qiu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution in the mining areas leads to serious environmental problems. The
biological sulfidogenic process (BSP) mediated by sulfidogenic bacteria has been …

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 …

Silver nanoparticles alter soil microbial community compositions and metabolite profiles in unplanted and cucumber-planted soils

H Zhang, M Huang, W Zhang… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The rapid development of nanotechnology makes the environmental impact assessment a
necessity to ensure the sustainable use of engineered nanomaterials. Here, silver …

Determining the reliability of measuring mercury cycling gene abundance with correlations with mercury and methylmercury concentrations

GA Christensen, CM Gionfriddo, AJ King… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Methylmercury (MeHg) is a bioaccumulative toxic contaminant in many ecosystems, but
factors governing its production are poorly understood. Recent work has shown that the …

Land use impact on mercury in sediments and macrophytes from a natural lake in the Brazilian savanna

JG Dórea, LC Monteiro, JVE Bernardi… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Freshwater ecosystems are essential to human and wildlife survival. They harbor a wide
biodiversity that contributes to ecosystem services. In the ecosystem of the Brazilian …

Efficacy of a 3rd generation high-throughput sequencing platform for analyses of 16S rRNA genes from environmental samples

JJ Mosher, EL Bernberg, O Shevchenko, J Kan… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Longer sequences of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene could provide greater phylogenetic and
taxonomic resolutions and advance knowledge of population dynamics within complex …

An Improved hgcAB Primer Set and Direct High-Throughput Sequencing Expand Hg-Methylator Diversity in Nature

CM Gionfriddo, AM Wymore, DS Jones… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The gene pair hgcAB is essential for microbial mercury methylation. Our understanding of its
abundance and diversity in nature is rapidly evolving. In this study we developed a new …

Impacts of earthworm introduction and cadmium on microbial communities composition and function in soil

C Ren, Y Teng, X Chen, Y Shen, H **ao… - Environmental Toxicology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contamination of soil has become a public concern. Earthworms are key
players in the functioning and service of soil ecosystems, with comprehension of their …

Coupled Mercury–Cell Sorption, Reduction, and Oxidation on Methylmercury Production by Geobacter sulfurreducens PCA

H Lin, JL Morrell-Falvey, B Rao, L Liang… - Environmental science & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
G. sulfurreducens PCA cells have been shown to reduce, sorb, and methylate Hg (II)
species, but it is unclear whether this organism can oxidize and methylate dissolved …

Mercury transformation and release differs with depth and time in a contaminated riparian soil during simulated flooding

BA Poulin, GR Aiken, KL Nagy, A Manceau… - … et cosmochimica acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Riparian soils are an important environment in the transport of mercury in rivers and
wetlands, but the biogeochemical factors controlling mercury dynamics under transient …