Mercury methylating microbial communities of boreal forest soils
J. Xu, M. Buck, K. Eklof, O. A. Osman, J. K. Schaefer, K. Bishop, E. Björn, U. Skyllberg, S. Bertilsson, A. G. Bravo
This study identifies mercury methylating microbial communities in boreal forest soils using 16S rRNA and hgcA sequencing, revealing diverse taxa and non-methylating bacteria contributing to methylmercury formation.
bioRxiv · Apr 11, 2018Microbiology