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Bioaccumulation of methylmercury and transformation of inorganic mercury by macrofungi
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Bioaccumulation of methylmercury and transformation of inorganic mercury by macrofungi

Ralf Fischer, Spyridon Rapsomanikis, Meinrat Andreae and Franco Baldi
Environmental science & technology, Vol.29(4), pp.993-999
01/04/1995
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/es00004a020
PMID: 22176407

Abstract

Chemistry Fungi Metals Pollution Soils
A study examined the terrestrial biogeochemical cycle of mercury between humus and fungi in a mercury-contaminated former mining area of Germany. The results show that for the first time, saprophytic macromycetes are able to methylate mercury.

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