Dimethyl sulphoxide reduction with reduced sulphur compounds as electron donors by anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 767-773

  Vogt, Carsten ^a   Rabenstein, Andreas ^a   Rethmeier, Jörg ^a   Fischer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria; Dimethyl sulphoxide reduction; Reduced sulphur compounds

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FRESH WATER; SEA WATER; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHLOROBIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030899264     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-3-767     Document Type: Article

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