Genome Sequence of the Mercury-Methylating Strain Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132

Steven D. Brown; Cynthia C. Gilmour; Amy M. Kucken; Judy D. Wall; Dwayne A. Elias; Craig C. Brandt; Mircea Podar; Olga Chertkov; Brigitte Held; David Bruce; John C. Detter; Roxanne Tapia; Cliff Han; Lynne Goodwin; Jan‐Fang Cheng; Sam Pitluck; Tanja Woyke; Natalia Mikhailova; Natalia Ivanova; James Han; Susan Lucas; Alla Lapidus; Miriam Land; Loren Hauser; Anthony V. Palumbo

doi:10.1128/jb.00170-11

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Desulfovibrio desulfuricans strain ND132 is an anaerobic sulfate-reducing bacterium (SRB) capable of producing methylmercury (MeHg), a potent human neurotoxin. The mechanism of methylation by this and other organisms is unknown. We present the 3.8-Mb genome sequence to provide further insight into microbial mercury methylation.

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