Fig. 1: Methylmercury (CH3Hg+) degradation in two contrasting soils with historically low or high mercury (Hg) contamination levels.
From: Microbial potential to mitigate neurotoxic methylmercury accumulation in farmlands and rice
A, B The dynamics of CH3Hg+ concentrations in the 13CH3Hg+ treatments of the paddy and upland soils from high and low background Hg contamination sites, respectively. C, D The biotic degradation efficiencies of CH3Hg+ in the soils. The microbial degradation efficiency of CH3Hg+ was calculated by subtracting the CH3Hg+ degradation efficiency in sterilized soils from the total CH3Hg+ degradation efficiency in unsterilized soils. Data are shown in average values with standard deviations (three biological replicates, n = 3). ** indicates statistically significant levels of p < 0.01 based on two-sided T Test in (C, D). Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
