Dimethyl sulphide and methanethiol formation in microbial mats: Potential pathways for biogenic signatures

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 296-308

  Visscher, Pieter T ^a   Baumgartner, Laura K ^a   Buckley, Daniel H ^a   Rogers, Daniel R ^a,c   Hogan, Mary E ^b   Raleigh, Christopher D ^b   Turk, Kendra A ^b   Des Marais, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; METHANETHIOL; OXYGEN; SULFIDE; SULFUR; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; OXYGEN; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037383989     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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