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The production of methylmercury is carried out by chemotrophic anaerobes that rely on a diversity of terminal electron acceptors, namely sulphate. Sulphur can be a limiting nutrient in rice paddies, and sulphate amendments are often used to stimulate crop production, which can increase methylmercury production. Mercury (Hg) redox cycling can affect Hg methylation by controlling the delivery of inorganic Hg substrates to methylators in anoxic habitats. Whereas sulphur is recognized as a key substrate controlling methylmercury production, the controls sulphur exerts on other microbe\u2010mediated Hg transformations remain poorly understood. To explore the potential coupling between sulphur assimilation and anaerobic Hg<jats:sup>II<\/jats:sup> reduction to Hg<jats:sup>0<\/jats:sup>, we studied <jats:italic>Heliobacillus mobilis<\/jats:italic>, a mesophilic anoxygenic phototroph representative from the <jats:italic>Heliobacteriacea<\/jats:italic> family originally isolated from a rice paddy. Here, we tested whether the redox state of the sulphur sources available to <jats:italic>H.\u00a0mobilis<\/jats:italic> would affect its ability to reduce Hg<jats:sup>II<\/jats:sup>. By comparing Hg<jats:sup>0<\/jats:sup> production over a redox gradient of sulphur sources, we demonstrate that phototrophic Hg<jats:sup>II<\/jats:sup> reduction is favoured in the presence of reduced sulphur sources such as thiosulphate and cysteine. We also show that cysteine exerts dynamic control on Hg cycling by affecting not only Hg's bioavailability but also its abiotic photoreduction under low light conditions. Specifically, in the absence of cells we show that organic matter (as yeast extract) and cysteine are both required for photoreduction to occur. 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