Assertion: mercury's form | /r/HasProperty | inorganic
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text: In its inorganic form, mercury occurs abundantly in the environment, primarily as the minerals cinnabar and metacinnabar, and as impurities in other minerals.
text: The three forms are called elemental (or metallic) mercury, inorganic mercury compounds, and organic mercury compounds.
text: Bacteria that process sulfate (SO 4 =) in the environment take up mercury in its inorganic form and convert it to methylmercury through metabolic processes.
text: Studies have shown that bacteria that process sulfate (SO4=) in the environment take up mercury in its inorganic form, and through metabolic processes convert it to methylmercury.
text: When metallic mercury enters the brain, it is readily converted to an inorganic form and is "trapped" in the brain for a long time.
text: It is converted from its inorganic form by a biological bacterial process.