Contribution of Coexisting Sulfate and Iron Reducing Bacteria to Methylmercury Production in Freshwater River Sediments

Journal article

Peer reviewed

Ri-Qing YU, J. R Flanders, E ERIN MACK, Ralph Tumer, M BILAL MIRZA and Tamar Barkay

Environmental science & technology, Vol.46(5), pp.2684-2691

2012

PMID: 22148328

Abstract

Applied sciences

Biological and physicochemical properties of pollutants. Interaction in the soil

Earth sciences

Earth, ocean, space

Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics

Exact sciences and technology

Pollution

Pollution, environment geology

Soil and sediments pollution

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Title: Contribution of Coexisting Sulfate and Iron Reducing Bacteria to Methylmercury Production in Freshwater River Sediments
Creators: Ri-Qing YU - Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, United States
J. R Flanders - URS Corp., Fort Washington, Pennsylvania 19034, United States
E ERIN MACK - DuPont Company, Corporate Remediation Group, Wilmington, Delaware 19805, United States
Ralph Tumer - RT Geosciences Inc., Squamish, BC V8B 0A4, Canada
M BILAL MIRZA - Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, United States
Tamar Barkay - Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, United States
Publication Details: Environmental science & technology, Vol.46(5), pp.2684-2691
Date published: 2012
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Academic Unit: Biochemistry and Microbiology (SEBS)
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Identifiers: 991031666099004646