Inputs of Terrestrial Dissolved Organic Matter Enhance Bacterial Production and Methylmercury Formation in Oxic Coastal Water

Inputs of Terrestrial Dissolved Organic Matter Enhance Bacterial Production and Methylmercury Formation in Oxic Coastal Water

Methylmercury (MeHg) is a potent neurotoxin commonly found in aquatic environments and primarily formed by microbial methylation of inorganic divalent mercury (Hg(II)) under anoxic conditions. Recent evidence, however, points to the production of MeHg also in oxic pelagic waters, but the magnitude a...

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Main Authors: Juanjo Rodríguez, Agneta Andersson, Erik Björn, Sari Timonen, Sonia Brugel, Aleksandra Skrobonja, Owen Rowe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
methylmercury
bacterial communities
terrestrial dissolved organic matter
shotgun metagenomics
climate change
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.809166/full

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