MERCURY METHYLATION BY INTERSPECIES HYDROGEN AND ACETATE TRANSFER BETWEEN SULFIDOGENS AND METHANOGENS

Authors
PAK KR BARTHA R
Citation
Kr. Pak et R. Bartha, MERCURY METHYLATION BY INTERSPECIES HYDROGEN AND ACETATE TRANSFER BETWEEN SULFIDOGENS AND METHANOGENS, Applied and environmental microbiology, 64(6), 1998, pp. 1987-1990
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
64
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1987 - 1990
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1998)64:6<1987:MMBIHA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Cocultures of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and Methanococcus maripaludi s grew on sulfate-free lactate medium while vigorously methylating Hg2 +. Individually, neither bacterium could grow or methylate mercury in this medium. Similar synergistic growth of sulfidogens and methanogens may create favorable conditions for Hg2+ methylation in law-sulfate a noxic freshwater sediments.