SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory: How Microbes Create the Most Toxic Form of Mercury
November 16, 2024
November 16, 2024
MENLO PARK, California, Nov. 16 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release:
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SLAC's SSRL helps pin down key players in the microbial production of methylmercury, a poison that can accumulate in fish.
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By Chris Patrick
Mercury is extraordinarily toxic, but it becomes especially dangerous when transformed into methylmercury - a form so harmful that just a few billionths of a gram can cause . . .
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SLAC's SSRL helps pin down key players in the microbial production of methylmercury, a poison that can accumulate in fish.
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By Chris Patrick
Mercury is extraordinarily toxic, but it becomes especially dangerous when transformed into methylmercury - a form so harmful that just a few billionths of a gram can cause . . .