Mercury is a fascinating fluid metal that exists as liquid at 25 C (0 C= 273 K). This silver
colored d-block heavy metal exhibits noble-gas-like characteristics and solidifies at a …

Mercury is one of the most hazardous contaminants that may be present in the aquatic
environment, but its ecological and toxicological effects are strongly dependent on the …

Bacterial resistance to inorganic and organic mercury compounds (HgR) is one of the most
widely observed phenotypes in eubacteria. Loci conferring HgR in Gram-positive or Gram …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews achievements in mercury microbiology research
during the past 35 years and identifies areas in which more information is needed to …

Mercury is present in the environment as a result of natural processes and from
anthropogenic sources. The amount of mercury mobilized and released into the biosphere …

The oxidation of volatile aqueous Hg (0) in aquatic systems may be important in reducing
fluxes of Hg out of aquatic systems. Here we report the results of laboratory and field …

The transformation of inorganic mercury (Hg) to methylmercury (MeHg) plays a key role in
determining the amount of Hg that is bioaccumulated in aquatic food chains. An accurate …

Microbial chemical transformations play a key role in geochemical cycles of most elements
by changing their redox states and by converting between organic and inorganic forms. As a …

We used metalloregulated luciferase reporter fusions and spectroscopic quantification of
soluble Hg (II) to determine that the hydroperoxidase-catalase, KatG, of Escherichia coli can …

The mercury drop test is a widely used method often regarded as decisive for discriminating
between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis in organometallic systems. However …