Deltaproteobacteria and Spirochaetes-Like Bacteria Are Abundant Putative Mercury Methylators in Oxygen-Deficient Water and Marine Particles in the Baltic Sea

Deltaproteobacteria and Spirochaetes-Like Bacteria Are Abundant Putative Mercury Methylators in Oxygen-Deficient Water and Marine Particles in the Baltic Sea

Methylmercury (MeHg), a neurotoxic compound biomagnifying in aquatic food webs, can be a threat to human health via fish consumption. However, the composition and distribution of the microbial communities mediating the methylation of mercury (Hg) to MeHg in marine systems remain largely unknown. In...

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Main Authors: Eric Capo, Andrea G. Bravo, Anne L. Soerensen, Stefan Bertilsson, Jarone Pinhassi, Caiyan Feng, Anders F. Andersson, Moritz Buck, Erik Björn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
mercury methylation
hgcAB
Baltic Sea
deltaproteobacteria
spirochaetes-like bacteria
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.574080/full

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