Dimethylsulfoniopropionate and methanethiol are important precursors of methionine and protein-sulfur in marine bacterioplankton

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4549-4558

  Kiene, Ronald P ^a   Linn, Laura J ^a   González, José ^b   Moran, Mary Ann ^b   Bruton, Jody A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHANETHIOL; METHIONINE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANETHIOL; NUTRIENT; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ALGAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032834011     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.10.4549-4558.1999     Document Type: Article

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