Sunlight modulates the relative importance of heterotrophic bacteria and picophytoplankton in DMSP-sulphur uptake

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 650-659

  Ruiz González, Clara ^a   Simó, Rafel ^a   Vila Costa, Maria ^b   Sommaruga, Ruben ^c   Gasol, Josep M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

dimethylsulphoniopropionate; heterotrophic bacteria; leucine; NW Mediterranean; picophytoplankton; solar radiation

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLPROPIOTHETIN; SEA WATER; SULFONIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFUR;

ARRAY; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FILTER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRACTIONATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIGHT EFFECT; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PICOPLANKTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION; SULFUR; TIMESCALE;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIA; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEAWATER; SULFONIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR; SUNLIGHT; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84857123856     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.118     Document Type: Article

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