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Deltaproteobacteria and Spirochaetes-Like Bacteria Are Abundant Putative Mercury Methylators in Oxygen-Deficient Water and Marine Particles in the Baltic Sea
Umeå University, Sweden;Swedish university of agricultural sciences, Sweden.
Inst Ciencies Mar ICM CSIC, Spain.
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden.
Swedish university of agricultural sciences, Sweden.
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2020 (English)In: Frontiers in Microbiology, E-ISSN 1664-302X, Vol. 11, p. 1-11, article id 574080Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Methylmercury (MeHg), a neurotoxic compound biomagnifying in aquatic food webs, can be a threat to human health via fish consumption. However, the composition and distribution of the microbial communities mediating the methylation of mercury (Hg) to MeHg in marine systems remain largely unknown. In order to fill this knowledge gap, we used the Baltic Sea Reference Metagenome (BARM) dataset to study the abundance and distribution of the genes involved in Hg methylation (thehgcABgene cluster). We determined the relative abundance of thehgcABgenes and their taxonomic identity in 81 brackish metagenomes that cover spatial, seasonal and redox variability in the Baltic Sea water column. ThehgcABgenes were predominantly detected in anoxic water, but somehgcABgenes were also detected in hypoxic and normoxic waters. Phylogenetic analysis identified putative Hg methylators within Deltaproteobacteria, in oxygen-deficient water layers, but also Spirochaetes-like and Kiritimatiellaeota-like bacteria. Higher relative quantities ofhgcABgenes were found in metagenomes from marine particles compared to free-living communities in anoxic water, suggesting that such particles are hotspot habitats for Hg methylators in oxygen-depleted seawater. Altogether, our work unveils the diversity of the microorganisms with the potential to mediate MeHg production in the Baltic Sea and pinpoint the important ecological niches for these microorganisms within the marine water column.

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Frontiers Media S.A., 2020. Vol. 11, p. 1-11, article id 574080
Keywords [en]
mercury methylation, hgcAB, Baltic Sea, deltaproteobacteria, spirochaetes-like bacteria
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Microbiology
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Ecology, Microbiology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-98624DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.574080ISI: 000575159000001PubMedID: 33072037Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85092028850OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-98624DiVA, id: diva2:1478940
Available from: 2020-10-23 Created: 2020-10-23 Last updated: 2024-01-17Bibliographically approved

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