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Analysis of mercuric reductase (merA) gene diversity in an anaerobic mercury-contaminated sediment enrichment.

Environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2006

Ní Chadhain Sinéad M, Schaefer Jeffra K, Crane Sharron, Zylstra Gerben J, Barkay Tamar

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The reduction of ionic mercury to elemental mercury by the mercuric reductase (MerA) enzyme plays an important role in the biogeochemical cycling of mercury in contaminated environments by partitioning mercury to the atmosphere. This activity, common in aerobic environments, has rarely been examined in anoxic sediments where production of highly toxic methylmercury occurs. Novel degenerate PCR primers were...

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PMID: 16958755
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01114.x

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