Coupling of dimethylsulfide oxidation to biomass production by a Marine Flavobacterium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3137-3140

  Green, David H ^a   Shenoy, Damodar M ^a,b   Hart, Mark C ^a   Hatton, Angela D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; COMPATIBLE SOLUTES; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; SULFUR OXIDATION;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; SULFUR;

DIAMONDS;

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; SEA WATER; SULFIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

BIOMASS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEAWATER; SULFIDES;

BACTEROIDETES; FLAVOBACTERIUM;

EID: 79955633765     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02675-10     Document Type: Article

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