MicrobiologybioRxiv
Prevalence of heterotrophic methylmercury detoxifying bacteria across oceanic regions
I. Sanz-Saez, C. Pereira Garcia, A. G. Bravo…·O. Sanchez
The paper examines mercury resistance genes in marine bacteria, finding they are widely distributed in oceanic regions, including the bathypelagic zone, with some strains efficiently degrading methylmercury.
DOI 10.1021/acs.est.1c05635