Author(s): Lawruk-Desjardins C; Storck V; Ponton DE; Amyot M; Walsh DA;

Methyl mercury, a toxic compound, is produced by anaerobic microbes and magnifies in aquatic food webs, affecting the health of animals and humans. The exploration of mercury methylators based on genomes is still limited, especially in the context of river ecosystems. To address this knowledge gap, we developed a genome catalogue of potential mercury-meth ...

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Author(s): Millera Ferriz L, Ponton DE, Storck V, Leclerc M, Bilodeau F, Walsh DA, Amyot M

Run-of-river power plants (RoRs) are expected to triple in number over the next decades in Canada. These structures are not anticipated to considerably promote the mobilization and transport of mercury (Hg) and its subsequent microbial transformation to methylmercury (MeHg), a neurotoxin able to biomagnify in food webs up to humans. To test whether constr ...

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