Coupling of dimethylsulfide oxidation to biomass production by a marine flavobacterium.

ABSTRACT: Dimethylsulfide (DMS) is an important climatically active gas. In the sea, DMS is produced primarily by microbial metabolism of the compatible solute dimethylsulfoniopropionate. Laboratory growth of Bacteroidetes with DMS resulted in its oxidation to dimethyl sulfoxide but only in the presence of glucose. We hypothesized that electrons liberated from sulfur oxidation were used to augment biomass production.

SUBMITTER: Green DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3126386 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature