Transformation of sulfur compounds by an abundant lineage of marine bacteria in the α-subclass of the class Proteobacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3810-3819

  González, José M ^a   Kiene, Ronald P ^b   Moran, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFONE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MESYLIC ACID; METHANETHIOL; OXYGENASE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; SULFITE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; ROSEOBACTER; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 0041029935     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.3810-3819.1999     Document Type: Article

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