National Institute for Minamata Disease

Basic Study on Mercury Methylation Under Oxic Conditions: Incubation Experiments Using Seawater from Minamata Bay, Japan

Background: This study investigated the generation of dissolved methylmercury (diss-MeHg) under oxic conditions in the surface waters of Minamata Bay. Although mercury methylation has been extensively investigated under reducing conditions, its occurrence under oxic conditions re...