A novel pathway producing dimethylsulphide in bacteria is widespread in soil environments

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Carrion O ^a   Curson, A R J ^b   Kumaresan, D ^c   Fu, Y ^d   Lang, A S ^d   Mercade E ^a   Todd, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMETHYLSULPHIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHANETHIOL; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN MDDA; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DIMETHYLPROPIOTHETIN; L-METHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; LYASE; SULFIDE; SULFONIUM DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

CATABOLISM; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TAXONOMY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CATABOLISM; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM MEMBRANE; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAGENOME; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRECURSOR; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS DECEPTIONENSIS; PSEUDOMONAS FRAGI; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SULFUR BACTERIUM; SULFUR CYCLE; CYANOTHECE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PSEUDOMONAS; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CYANOTHECE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAGENOME; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; SULFONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84925672445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7579     Document Type: Article

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