Turnover of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) by the purple sulfur bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina M11: Ecological implications

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-290

  Jonkers, Henk M ^a   De Bruin, Saskia ^a   Van Gemerden, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acrylate; Dimethyl sulfide; Dimethylsulfonioproprionate; Thiocapsa

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; CARBON; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONIC ACID; LYASE; PROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SUSPENSION; DETOXIFICATION; ECOLOGY; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEDIMENT; SULFUR BACTERIUM; THIOCAPSA ROSEOPERSICINA; TURNOVER TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; THIOCAPSA; THIOCAPSA ROSEOPERSICINA;

EID: 0031732244     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00075-0     Document Type: Article

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