Production of methanethiol and volatile sulfur compounds by the archaeon "Ferroplasma acidarmanus"

Extremophiles

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 841-851

  Baumler, David J ^a   Hung, Kai Foong ^a   Jeong, Kwang Cheol ^a   Kaspar, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Methanethiol; Methionine; Sulfate; Sulfite reductase; Thiol methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; L-METHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; LYASE; METHANETHIOL; METHIONINE; METHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SODIUM SULFATE; SULFATE; SULFITE REDUCTASE (NADPH); SULFUR; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; THERMOPLASMALES; TIME; VOLATILIZATION;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CYSTEINE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHIONINE; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; SULFATES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFITE REDUCTASE (NADPH); SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES; THERMOPLASMALES; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

ACIDOPHILES; ARCHAEA; FERROPLASMA ACIDARMANUS;

EID: 35748958389     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-007-0108-8     Document Type: Article

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