Potential for mercury reduction by microbes in the high arctic.
AuthorsPoulain AJ, Ní Chadhain SM, Ariya PA, Amyot M, Garcia E, Campbell PG, Zylstra GJ, Barkay T,
JournalAppl Environ Microbiol
PubMed ID17293515
'The contamination of polar regions due to the global distribution of anthropogenic pollutants is of great concern because it leads to the bioaccumulation of toxic substances, methylmercury among them, in Arctic food chains. Here we present the first evidence that microbes in the high Arctic possess and express diverse merA ... More