Soil Geobacteraceae are the key predictors of neurotoxic methylmercury bioaccumulation in rice

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Contamination of rice by the potent neurotoxin methylmercury (MeHg) originates from microbe-mediated Hg methylation in soils. However, the high diversity of Hg methylating microorganisms in soils hinders the prediction of MeHg formation and challenges the mitigation of MeHg bioaccumulation via regulating soil microbiomes. Here we explored the roles of various cropland microbial communities in MeHg formation in the potentials leading to MeHg accumulation in rice and reveal that Geobacteraceae are the key predictors of MeHg bioaccumulation in paddy soil systems. We characterized Hg methylating microorganisms from 67 cropland ecosystems across 3,600 latitudinal kilometres. The simulations of a rice-paddy biogeochemical model show that MeHg accumulation in rice is 1.3-1.7-fold more sensitive to changes in the relative abundance of Geobacteraceae compared to Hg input, which is recognized as the primary parameter in controlling MeHg exposure. These findings open up a window to predict MeHg formation and accumulation in human food webs, enabling more efficient mitigation of risks to human health through regulations of key soil microbiomes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

Enthalten in:

Nature food - 5(2024), 4 vom: 12. Apr., Seite 301-311

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhong, Huan [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Wenli [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zizhu [VerfasserIn]
Sonne, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Lam, Su Shiung [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiao [VerfasserIn]
Kwon, Sae Yun [VerfasserIn]
Rinklebe, Jörg [VerfasserIn]
Nunes, Luís M [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Ri-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Baohua [VerfasserIn]
Hintelmann, Holger [VerfasserIn]
Tsui, Martin Tsz-Ki [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Jiating [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xin-Quan [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Mengjie [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Beibei [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Yunyun [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Long [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Baogang [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Wenfeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xu-Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Hongqiang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yu-Rong [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Methylmercury Compounds
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Soil
Soil Pollutants

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Date Completed 25.04.2024

Date Revised 29.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s43016-024-00954-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370944429