Recent developments in environmental mercury bioremediation and its toxicity: A review

S Kumari, R Jamwal, N Mishra, DK Singh - … Nanotechnology, Monitoring & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg), a global pollutant produced by anthropogenic and natural means acts as a
bioacumulative toxin that severely affects our environment and human lives. Besides being …

Mercury toxicity to terrestrial biota

KR Mahbub, K Krishnan, R Naidu, S Andrews… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
The heavy metal mercury is a non-essential hazardous element which concentrates up the
food chain. It is necessary to assess the ecological risk of mercury to establish proper …

Consistent responses of soil microbial taxonomic and functional attributes to mercury pollution across China

YR Liu, M Delgado-Baquerizo, L Bi, J Zhu, JZ He - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background The ecological consequences of mercury (Hg) pollution—one of the major
pollutants worldwide—on microbial taxonomic and functional attributes remain poorly …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering the bacterial microbiome in response to long-term mercury contaminated soil

D Li, X Li, Y Tao, Z Yan, Y Ao - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Hg contaminated soils are of concern due to the toxic effects on soil microbes. Currently, the
adaptation of bacterial community to long-term Hg contamination remains largely unknown …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms and biological effects of organic amendments on mercury speciation in soil–rice systems: a review

H Hu, Y Gao, H Yu, H Xiao, S Chen, W Tan… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) pollution is a well-recognized global environmental and health issue and
exhibits distinctive persistence, neurotoxicity, bioaccumulation, and biomagnification effects …

Bioremediation of mercury: not properly exploited in contaminated soils!

KR Mahbub, MM Bahar, M Labbate, K Krishnan… - Applied Microbiology …, 2017 - Springer
Contamination of land and water caused by heavy metal mercury (Hg) poses a serious
threat to biota worldwide. The seriousness of toxicity of this neurotoxin is characterized by its …

Heavy metal tolerance genes associated with contaminated sediments from an e-waste recycling river in southern China

S Long, H Tong, X Zhang, S Jia, M Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Heavy metal pollution that results from electronic waste (e-waste) recycling activities has
severe ecological environmental toxicity impacts on recycling areas. The distribution of …

NMR-based metabolic toxicity of low-level Hg exposure to earthworms

R Tang, C Ding, F Dang, Y Ma, J Wang, T Zhang… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mercury is a globally distributed toxicant to aquatic animals and mammals. However, the
potential risks of environmental relevant mercury in terrestrial systems remain largely …

A scientometric analysis of research on world mercury (Hg) in soil (1991–2020)

IO Fernandes, LF Gomes, LC Monteiro… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2021 - Springer
Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant affecting ecosystems and posing risks to wildlife and
human health. Mercury in soil represents a major indicator of its availability to enter both the …

Bioavailability and chronic toxicity of bismuth citrate to earthworm Eisenia andrei exposed to natural sandy soil

Z Omouri, J Hawari, M Fournier, PY Robidoux - … and environmental safety, 2018 - Elsevier
The present study describes bioavailability and chronic effects of bismuth to earthworms
Eisenia andrei using OECD reproduction test. Adult earthworms were exposed to natural …