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Plant demethylation in global mercury cycling

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In vivo mercury demethylation by rice plants, involving neither light nor microorganisms, has major implications for human health and possibly even global mercury cycling.

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C.L. acknowledges financial support from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) SPF grant TMPFP2_210183.

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  1. Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

    Kevin Bishop

  2. Institute of Geography and Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Chuxian Li

  3. Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Stefan Osterwalder

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Bishop, K., Li, C. & Osterwalder, S. Plant demethylation in global mercury cycling. Nat Food 5, 15–16 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00909-4

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