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3380
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1301

Overview

Cynthia C. Gilmour is affiliated with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in the United States, where their research primarily focuses on environmental science with an emphasis on mercury impact and mitigation studies. Their scholarly work also touches on microbial community ecology and physiology, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, and toxic organic pollutants' impact.

Their research spans several subfields, notably health, toxicology and mutagenesis, ecology, analytical chemistry, molecular biology, and epidemiology. These areas illustrate a multidisciplinary approach linking chemical, biological, and ecological aspects of environmental science.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Cynthia C. Gilmour include:

  • Dwayne A. Elias
  • Caitlin M. Gionfriddo
  • Mircea Podar
  • Ann M. Wymore
  • Ally Soren

The scientist's work has been published in a range of venues, with multiple papers appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and Goldschmidt Abstracts. Other publications include journals such as Nature and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Recent notable papers by Cynthia C. Gilmour include:

  • Experimental evidence for recovery of mercury-contaminated fish populations, 2021, Nature
  • An Improved hgcAB Primer Set and Direct High-Throughput Sequencing Expand Hg-Methylator Diversity in Nature, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • A consensus protocol for the recovery of mercury methylation genes from metagenomes, 2022, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Transcriptional Control of hgcAB by an ArsR-Like Regulator in Pseudodesulfovibrio mercurii ND132, 2023, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • British association for sexual health and HIV national guideline for the management of anogenital warts in adults (2024), 2024, International Journal of STD & AIDS

Best Publications

  • Sulfate stimulation of mercury methylation in freshwater sediments

    Cynthia C. Gilmour;Elizabeth A. Henry;Ralph Mitchell

  • Sulfide Controls on Mercury Speciation and Bioavailability to Methylating Bacteria in Sediment Pore Waters

    Janina M. Benoit;Cynthia C. Gilmour;Robert P. Mason;Andrew Heyes

  • Mercury methylation in aquatic systems affected by acid deposition

    Cynthia C. Gilmour;Elizabeth A. Henry

  • Mercury methylation by novel microorganisms from new environments

    C C Gilmour;Mircea Podar;Allyson L Bullock;Andrew M Graham

  • Geochemical and biological controls over methylmercury production and degradation in aquatic ecosystems

    J. M. Benoit;Cynthia C. Gilmour;A. Heyes;R. P. Mason

  • Mercury methylation by dissimilatory iron-reducing bacteria

    E. J. Kerin;E. J. Kerin;C. C. Gilmour;E. Roden;M. T. Suzuki

  • Methylmercury concentrations and production rates across a trophic gradient in the northern Everglades

    Cynthia C. Gilmour;Georgia Riedel;M. C. Ederington;J. T. Bell

  • Whole-ecosystem study shows rapid fish-mercury response to changes in mercury deposition

    Reed C. Harris;John W. M. Rudd;Marc Amyot;Christopher L. Babiarz

  • Global prevalence and distribution of genes and microorganisms involved in mercury methylation.

    Mircea Podar;Cynthia C. Gilmour;Craig C. Brandt;Allyson Soren

  • Recovery of Mercury-Contaminated Fisheries

    John Munthe;R. A (Drew) Bodaly;Brian A. Branfireun;Charles T. Driscoll

  • The influence of sulfide on solid-phase mercury bioavailability for methylation by pure cultures of Desulfobulbus propionicus (1pr3)

    J. M. Benoit;Cynthia C. Gilmour;R. P. Mason

  • Dissolved organic matter enhances microbial mercury methylation under sulfidic conditions.

    Andrew M. Graham;George R. Aiken;Cynthia C. Gilmour

  • Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132 as a Model for Understanding Bacterial Mercury Methylation

    Cynthia C. Gilmour;Dwayne A. Elias;Amy M. Kucken;Steven D. Brown

  • Methyl-Mercury Degradation Pathways: A Comparison among Three Mercury-Impacted Ecosystems

    Mark Marvin-Dipasquale;Jennifer Agee;Chad Mcgowan;Ronald S. Oremland

  • Behavior of mercury in the Patuxent River estuary

    J. M. Benoit;C. C. Gilmour;R. P. Mason;G. S. Riedel

  • Characterization of a new thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium Thermodesulfovibrio yellowstonii, gen. nov. and sp. nov.: its phylogenetic relationship to Thermodesulfobacterium commune and their origins deep within the bacterial domain.

    E. A. Henry;R. Devereux;J. S. Maki;C. C. Gilmour

  • Aspects of Bioavailability of Mercury for Methylation in Pure Cultures of Desulfobulbus propionicus (1pr3)

    J. M. Benoit;J. M. Benoit;Cynthia C. Gilmour;R. P. Mason

  • Constants for mercury binding by dissolved organic matter isolates from the Florida Everglades

    J. M. Benoit;J. M. Benoit;R. P. Mason;Cynthia C. Gilmour;George R. Aiken

  • Challenges and opportunities for managing aquatic mercury pollution in altered landscapes.

    Heileen Hsu-Kim;Chris S. Eckley;Dario Achá;Xinbin Feng

  • Estimation of mercury-sulfide speciation in sediment pore waters using octanol-water partitioning and implications for availability to methylating bacteria.

    Janina M. Benoit;Janina M. Benoit;Robert P. Mason;Cynthia C. Gilmour

  • Behavior of mercury in the Patuxent River Estuary, MD, USA

    J. M. Benoit;Cynthia C. Gilmour;R. P. Mason;Gerhardt Riedel

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert P. Mason
Robert P. Mason University of Connecticut
Mircea Podar
Mircea Podar Oak Ridge National Laboratory
David P. Krabbenhoft
David P. Krabbenhoft United States Geological Survey
Steven D. Brown
Steven D. Brown LanzaTech (New Zealand)
Anthony V. Palumbo
Anthony V. Palumbo Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Upal Ghosh
Upal Ghosh University of Maryland, Baltimore County
George R. Aiken
George R. Aiken United States Geological Survey
Carl P. J. Mitchell
Carl P. J. Mitchell University of Toronto
William H. Orem
William H. Orem United States Geological Survey
Judy D. Wall
Judy D. Wall University of Missouri

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