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This study analyzes sediments and periphyton in a disturbed river using biogeochemical and metagenomic approaches. We found that microbial communities differed between habitats, but Hg-methylating microbes were taxonomically similar, with higher abundance in sediments. Organic matter (OM), a key Hg vector, likely affects Hg dynamics differently across habitats: MeHg concentrations increased with increasing terrigenous OM in sediments, whereas in periphyton, MeHg increased with greater contributions of aquatic-derived OM. Surprisingly, periphyton showed higher MeHg concentrations than sediments, despite lower hgcA abundance, the gene associated with MeHg production. 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