Nitrospina-like Bacteria Are Dominant Potential Mercury Methylators in Both the Oyashio and Kuroshio Regions of the Western North Pacific

• Published in: Microbiology Spectrum
• Main Authors: Yuya Tada, Kohji Marumoto, Akinori Takeuchi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021
• Subjects: mercury; methylmercury; marine bacteria; hgcAB genes; 16S rRNA gene; functional module; Microbiology; QR1-502; Oyashio; Pacific; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1128/Spectrum.00833-21; https://doaj.org/article/dd9c6b490c4e49bb8b91ddfbc17cce38

ABSTRACT Highly neurotoxic methylmercury (MeHg) accumulates in marine organisms, thereby negatively affecting human and environmental health. Recent studies have revealed that oceanic prokaryotes harboring the hgcAB gene pair are involved in Hg methylation. Presently, little is known about the distr...