title: Genome sequence of the mercury-methylating strain Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA. brownsd@ornl.gov
authors.forename: Steven D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Cynthia C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Gilmour
authors.forename: Amy M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kucken
authors.forename: Judy D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wall
authors.forename: Dwayne A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Elias
authors.forename: Craig C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: Mircea
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Podar
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Chertkov
authors.forename: Brittany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Held
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Detter
authors.forename: Roxanne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tapia
authors.forename: Cliff S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Lynne A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: Jan-Fang
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pitluck
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Woyke
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mikhailova
authors.forename: Natalia N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Ivanova
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: Alla L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Lapidus
authors.forename: Miriam L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Land
authors.forename: Loren J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: Anthony V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Palumbo
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D045285:Desulfovibrio desulfuricans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008767:Methylmercury Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013431:Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008767:Methylmercury Compounds; D013431:Sulfates