Dimethylsulfoxide reduction by marine sulfate-reducing bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-287

  Jonkers, Henk M ^a   Van Der Maarel, Marc J E C ^a   Van Gemerden, Hans ^a   Hansen, Theo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dimethylsulfide production; Dimethylsulfoxide reduction; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFURIZATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS;

EID: 0029978859     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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