Distribution and metabolism of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and phylogenetic affiliation of DMSP-assimilating bacteria in northern Baffin Bay/Lancaster Sound

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Motard Cote J ^a,b,c   Levasseur, M ^a   Scarratt, M G ^d   Michaud, S ^d   Gratton, Y ^e   Rivkin, R B ^f   Keats, K ^f   Gosselin, M ^g   Tremblay, J E ^a   Kiene, R P ^b,c   Lovejoy, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^d MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^f MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^g INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DIAMONDS; METABOLISM; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RATE CONSTANTS; SULFUR; SURFACE WATERS;

ARCTIC WATERS; BACTERIAL CELLS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MICROBIAL ASSEMBLAGE; PHYLOGENETIC AFFILIATION;

PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHYLOGENETICS; SURFACE WATER; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; CANADA; LANCASTER SOUND; NUNAVUT;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; ROSEOBACTER;

EID: 84856951850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007330     Document Type: Article

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