Bacterial taxa that limit sulfur flux from the ocean

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5799, 2006, Pages 649-652

  Howard, Erinn C ^a   Henriksen, James R ^a   Buchan, Alison ^b   Reisch, Chris R ^a   Bürgmann, Helmut ^a   Welsh, Rory ^a   Ye, Wenying ^a   González, José M ^c   Mace, Kimberly ^a   Joye, Samantha B ^a   Kiene, Ronald P ^d,e   Whitman, William B ^a   Moran, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^e DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OCEAN HABITATS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE (DMSP); DIMETNYLSULFIDE (DMS); MARINE BACTERIOPLANKTON; METHYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY;

BACTERIA;

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE DEMETHYLASE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE METHYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCINE; METHYLMERCAPTOPROPIONATE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE; SULFUR CYCLE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; DEMETHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD WEB; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSEOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMY; WATER TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA; FOOD CHAIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RHODOBACTERACEAE; SEAWATER; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; SULFONIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ROSEOBACTER;

EID: 33750457352     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1130657     Document Type: Article

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