Genomic insights into bacterial DMSP transformations

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 523-542

  Moran, Mary Ann ^a   Reisch, Chris R ^a   Kiene, Ronald P ^b   Whitman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterioplankton; dimethylsulfide; dimethylsulfoniopropionate; metagenomics; metatranscriptomics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTONS; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; METAGENOMICS; METATRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION;

GENES;

DIMETHYLPROPIOTHETIN; SULFONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; FOOD WEB; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEAWATER; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEA;

BACTERIA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; OCEANS AND SEAS; SULFONIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 83655164863     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-120710-100827     Document Type: Article

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