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methylmercury biosynthetic process

Known as: methylmercury synthesis, methylmercury formation, methylmercury biosynthesis 
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 detailed understanding of the formation of the potent neurotoxic methylmercury is needed to explain the large observed… 
Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Role of Settling Particles on Mercury Methylation in the Oxic Water Column of Freshwater Systems.
As the methylation of inorganic mercury to neurotoxic methylmercury has been attributed to the activity of anaerobic bacteria… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Anaerobic oxidation of Hg(0) and methylmercury formation by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Importance of sulfate reducing bacteria in mercury methylation and demethylation in periphyton from Bolivian Amazon region.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Mercury Methylation Independent of the Acetyl-Coenzyme A Pathway in Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria
ABSTRACT Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) in anoxic waters and sediments are the major producers of methylmercury in aquatic… 
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.
Speciated isotope-dilution mass spectrometry (SID-MS) is claimed to be an absolute method; however, it has been found to be… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Mercury methylation in macrophytes, periphyton, and water – comparative studies with stable and radio-mercury additions
Abstract . Comparative tests of net mercury methylation potentials, with cultivated and macrophyte-associated periphyton and… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Mercury removal, methylmercury formation, and sulfate-reducing bacteria profiles in wetland mesocosms.
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).
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Metabolic Pathways Leading to Mercury Methylation in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans LS
The synthesis of methylmercury by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans LS was investigated on the basis of 14C incorporation from… 
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