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Mercury Methylation

Mercury Methylation is a biogeochemical process in which inorganic mercury is transformed into methylmercury, primarily by anaerobic microorganisms in anoxic environments, thereby increasing its bioavailability and toxicity within wetland soil ecosystems.

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THE CHEMICAL CYCLE AND BIOACCUMULATION OF MERCURY

François M. M. Morel, Anne M. L. Kraepiel, Marc Amyot · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1998 · 1.6K citations

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Methylmercury Poisoning in Iraq

Salem F. Damluji, Laman Amin‐Zaki, M. Murtadha et al. · Science · 1973 · 1.6K citations

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Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria: Principal Methylators of Mercury in Anoxic Estuarine Sediment

Geoffrey C. Compeau, Richárd Bartha · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1985 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Sulfate stimulation of mercury methylation in freshwater sediments

Cynthia C. Gilmour, E. A. Henry, Ralph Mitchell · Environmental Science & Technology · 1992 · 1.1K citations

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The Genetic Basis for Bacterial Mercury Methylation

Jerry M. Parks, Alexander Johs, Mircea Podar et al. · Science · 2013 · 978 citations

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  1. RP
    Robert P. Mason

    University of Connecticut, United States

    39 publications · 4.9K citations

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  2. CC
    Cynthia C. Gilmour

    Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, United States

    35 publications · 7.3K citations

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  3. HH
    Holger Hintelmann

    Trent University, Canada

    35 publications · 3.3K citations

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  4. JW
    John W. M. Rudd

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada

    30 publications · 4.5K citations

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  5. EB
    Erik Björn

    Umeå University, Sweden

    33 publications · 2.5K citations

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    44 h-index

    447 publications

    25K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    43 h-index

    246 publications

    18.8K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    39 h-index

    324 publications

    17.8K citations

  4. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Oak Ridge, United States

    36 h-index

    310 publications

    36.4K citations

  5. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    36 h-index

    132 publications

    10.9K citations

  6. Institute of Geochemistry

    Guiyang, China

    34 h-index

    213 publications

    15.8K citations

  7. Trent University

    Peterborough, Canada

    33 h-index

    100 publications

    9K citations

  8. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    33 h-index

    98 publications

    11.2K citations

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  1. Environmental Science & Technology

    172 publications · 18.5K citations

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  2. The Science of The Total Environment

    100 publications · 5.4K citations

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  3. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    AEM · 46 publications · 7.3K citations

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  4. Environmental Pollution

    67 publications · 3.6K citations

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