Genome-wide signatures of adaptation to extreme environments in red algae

CH Cho, SI Park, TY Huang, Y Lee, C Ciniglia… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The high temperature, acidity, and heavy metal-rich environments associated with hot
springs have a major impact on biological processes in resident cells. One group of …

Microbial mercury transformations: molecules, functions and organisms

RQ Yu, T Barkay - Advances in applied microbiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Mercury (Hg) methylation, methylmercury (MeHg) demethylation, and inorganic
redox transformations of Hg are microbe-mediating processes that determine the fate and …

Roles of plant-associated microorganisms in regulating the fate of Hg in croplands: A perspective on potential pathways in maintaining sustainable agriculture

Y Yu, Z Li, Y Liu, F Wang, Y Liu, J Zhao, Y Li… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
In heavy metal-contaminated croplands, plant-associated microorganisms play important
roles in the adaptation of crops to heavy metals. Plant-associated microbes can interact with …

Metabolically diverse microorganisms mediate methylmercury formation under nitrate-reducing conditions in a dynamic hydroelectric reservoir

BD Peterson, BA Poulin, DP Krabbenhoft… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Brownlee Reservoir is a mercury (Hg)-impaired hydroelectric reservoir that exhibits dynamic
hydrological and geochemical conditions and is located within the Hells Canyon Complex in …

Expanded phylogenetic diversity and metabolic flexibility of mercury-methylating microorganisms

EA McDaniel, BD Peterson, SLR Stevens, PQ Tran… - …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Methylmercury is a potent bioaccumulating neurotoxin that is produced by specific
microorganisms that methylate inorganic mercury. Methylmercury production in diverse …

Transcriptomic evidence for versatile metabolic activities of mercury cycling microorganisms in brackish microbial mats

A Vigneron, P Cruaud, J Aubé, R Guyoneaud… - npj Biofilms and …, 2021 - nature.com
Methylmercury, biomagnifying through food chains, is highly toxic for aquatic life. Its
production and degradation are largely driven by microbial transformations; however …

[HTML][HTML] Arctic methylmercury cycling

S Jonsson, MN Mastromonaco, F Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic mercury (Hg) undergoes long-range transport to the Arctic where some of it is
transformed into methylmercury (MeHg), potentially leading to high exposure in some Arctic …

Transcriptional Control of hgcAB by an ArsR-Like Regulator in Pseudodesulfovibrio mercurii ND132

CM Gionfriddo, AB Soren, AM Wymore… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The hgcAB gene pair encodes mercury (Hg) methylation capability in a diverse group of
microorganisms, but its evolution and transcriptional regulation remain unknown. Working …

Distribution of total mercury and methylated mercury species in Central Arctic Ocean water and ice

S Jonsson, MGN Mastromonaco, K Gårdfeldt… - Marine Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The central Arctic Ocean remains largely unexplored when it comes to the presence
and cycling of mercury and its methylated forms including mono-and dimethylmercury …

Comparative metagenomic study of rhizospheric and bulk mercury-contaminated soils in the mining district of Almadén

D González, M Robas, V Fernández… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Soil contamination by heavy metals, particularly mercury (Hg), is a problem that can
seriously affect the environment, animals, and human health. Hg has the capacity to …