Caitlin Gionfriddo

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

0000-0003-0745-9255

Projects

A systems biology approach to identifying the native function of Hg methylation proteins in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132

Lead Institution

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Dwayne Elias

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Methylmercury (MeHg), an organic Hg compound, is a potent toxin that bioaccumulates in food sources and is primarily produced by microorganisms in anaerobic organic-rich soils and sediments. To date,…