Molecular diversity of bacterial production of the climate-changing gas, dimethyl sulphide, a molecule that impinges on local and global symbioses

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1059-1067

  Johnston, Andrew W B ^a   Todd, Jonathan D ^a   Sun, Lei ^a   Nikolaidou Katsaridou, M Nefeli ^a   Curson, Andrew R J ^a   Rogers, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acyl CoA transferase; Burkholderia; CLAW hypothesis; Dimethyl sulphide; Dimethylsulphoniopropionate; Marinomonas; Nitrogen fixation; Rhizobium; Rhizosphere; Root nodules; Spartina

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PHYMATUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; MACHAERIUM LUNATUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MARINOMONAS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SPARTINA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DIMETHYLPROPIOTHETIN; SULFIDE; SULFONIUM DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFIDES; SULFONIUM COMPOUNDS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 43049158206     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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