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methylmercury biosynthetic process
Known as:
methylmercury synthesis
, methylmercury formation
, methylmercury biosynthesis
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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of methylmercury (MeHg+), a highly toxic organometal. [GOC:ai]
National Institutes of Health
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Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
Molecular composition of organic matter controls methylmercury formation in boreal lakes
A. G. Bravo
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S. Bouchet
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J. Tolu
,
E. Björn
,
A. Mateos-Rivera
,
S. Bertilsson
Nature communications
2017
Corpus ID: 6735658
A detailed understanding of the formation of the potent neurotoxic methylmercury is needed to explain the large observed…
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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Role of Settling Particles on Mercury Methylation in the Oxic Water Column of Freshwater Systems.
Elena Gascón Díez
,
J. Loizeau
,
+4 authors
A. G. Bravo
Environmental science & technology
2016
Corpus ID: 21894863
As the methylation of inorganic mercury to neurotoxic methylmercury has been attributed to the activity of anaerobic bacteria…
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Anaerobic oxidation of Hg(0) and methylmercury formation by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132
M. Colombo
,
J. Ha
,
J. Reinfelder
,
T. Barkay
,
N. Yee
2013
Corpus ID: 35567986
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Importance of sulfate reducing bacteria in mercury methylation and demethylation in periphyton from Bolivian Amazon region.
D. Achá
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H. Hintelmann
,
J. Yee
Chemosphere
2011
Corpus ID: 19642485
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Mercury Methylation Independent of the Acetyl-Coenzyme A Pathway in Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria
E. B. Ekstrom
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F. Morel
,
J. Benoit
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2003
Corpus ID: 29779293
ABSTRACT Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) in anoxic waters and sediments are the major producers of methylmercury in aquatic…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Using speciated isotope dilution with GC-inductively coupled plasma MS to determine and unravel the artificial formation of monomethylmercury in certified reference sediments.
R. C. R. Rodríguez Martín-Doimeadios
,
M. Monperrus
,
E. Krupp
,
D. Amouroux
,
O. Donard
Analytical chemistry
2003
Corpus ID: 25121726
Speciated isotope-dilution mass spectrometry (SID-MS) is claimed to be an absolute method; however, it has been found to be…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Mercury methylation in macrophytes, periphyton, and water – comparative studies with stable and radio-mercury additions
J. Mauro
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J. Guimarães
,
H. Hintelmann
,
C. Watras
,
E. Haack
,
S. Coelho-Souza
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry
2002
Corpus ID: 830592
Abstract . Comparative tests of net mercury methylation potentials, with cultivated and macrophyte-associated periphyton and…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Mercury removal, methylmercury formation, and sulfate-reducing bacteria profiles in wetland mesocosms.
J. K. King
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S. Harmon
,
Theresa T Fu
,
J. Gladden
Chemosphere
2002
Corpus ID: 35012303
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
A comparison of anthropogenic mercury pollution in Kastela Bay (Croatia) with pristine estuaries in Ore (Sweden) and Krka (Croatia).
Z. Kwokal
,
S. Frančišković-Bilinski
,
H. Bilinski
,
M. Branica
Marine pollution bulletin
2002
Corpus ID: 22073144
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Metabolic Pathways Leading to Mercury Methylation in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans LS
Sung-Chan Choi
,
T. Chase
,
R. Bartha
Applied and environmental microbiology
1994
Corpus ID: 13354998
The synthesis of methylmercury by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans LS was investigated on the basis of 14C incorporation from…
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