Mercury transforms into                                 wheat
methylmercury, through the action
of marine anaerobic microbes.

wheat                Its toxicity magnifies as it 
                ascends the food chain


This project aims to combat 
methylmercury poisoning, by wheat
targeting both waterborne  
mercury and methylmercury 
accumulated in fish.

        
        wheat
        Breaking bond proposes a SynBio 
        solution - a genetically engineered 
        probiotic bacteriums        



It converts methylmercury to less toxic elemental 
mercury in fish gut, preventing consumption of 
contaminated fish and mitigating gut inflammation 
caused by ionic mercury.

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