Role of Ester Sulfate and Organic Disulfide in Mercury Methylation in Peatland Soils
Caroline Pierce, Olha Furman, Sarah Nicholas, Jill Coleman Wasik, Caitlin M. Gionfriddo, Ann M. Wymore, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Randall K. Kolka, Carl P. J. Mitchell, Natalie A. Griffiths, Dwayne A. Elias, Edward A. Nater, Brandy M. Toner
Abstract
porewater concentrations of sulfate and hydrogen sulfide, our findings indicate that the solid-phase sulfur pools, which have a much larger sulfur concentration range, may be accessible to microbial activity or exchanging with the porewater.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistrySulfateSulfurMercury (programming language)MethylmercuryEnvironmental chemistryBioavailabilitySulfideInorganic chemistryMethylationHydrogen sulfidePeatDemethylationAmmonium sulfateOrganic chemistryDNA methylationEcologyBiochemistryBioaccumulationProgramming languageBiologyComputer scienceBioinformaticsGeneGene expressionMercury impact and mitigation studiesToxic Organic Pollutants Impact