Mercury Methylation by Interspecies Hydrogen and Acetate Transfer between Sulfidogens and Methanogens

Author:

Pak K.-R.1,Bartha R.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903-0231

Abstract

ABSTRACT Cocultures of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and Methanococcus maripaludis grew on sulfate-free lactate medium while vigorously methylating Hg 2+ . Individually, neither bacterium could grow or methylate mercury in this medium. Similar synergistic growth of sulfidogens and methanogens may create favorable conditions for Hg 2+ methylation in low-sulfate anoxic freshwater sediments.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

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