The biogeochemistry of marine dimethylsulfide

FE Hopkins, SD Archer, TG Bell… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
The marine trace gas dimethylsulfide (DMS) supplies sulfur to the atmosphere at a rate of 15–
40 Tg S per year, contributing to the production of atmospheric sulfate aerosols that …

SAR11 bacteria: the most abundant plankton in the oceans

SJ Giovannoni - Annual review of marine science, 2017 - annualreviews.org
SAR11 is a group of small, carbon-oxidizing bacteria that reach a global estimated
population size of 2.4× 1028 cells—approximately 25% of all plankton. They are found …

[HTML][HTML] DMSOP-cleaving enzymes are diverse and widely distributed in marine microorganisms

O Carrión, CY Li, M Peng, J Wang, G Pohnert… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Dimethylsulfoxonium propionate (DMSOP) is a recently identified and abundant marine
organosulfur compound with roles in oxidative stress protection, global carbon and sulfur …

Phytoplankton exudates and lysates support distinct microbial consortia with specialized metabolic and ecophysiological traits

B Kieft, Z Li, S Bryson, RL Hettich… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Blooms of marine phytoplankton fix complex pools of dissolved organic matter (DOM) that
are thought to be partitioned among hundreds of heterotrophic microbes at the base of the …

Sulfur metabolites in the pelagic ocean

MA Moran, BP Durham - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Marine microorganisms play crucial roles in Earth's element cycles through the production
and consumption of organic matter. One of the elements whose fate is governed by …

Sulfonate-based networks between eukaryotic phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria in the surface ocean

BP Durham, AK Boysen, LT Carlson… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
In the surface ocean, phytoplankton transform inorganic substrates into organic matter that
fuels the activity of heterotrophic microorganisms, creating intricate metabolic networks that …

Sulfide production and oxidation by heterotrophic bacteria under aerobic conditions

Y Xia, C Lü, N Hou, Y Xin, J Liu, H Liu, L Xun - The ISME journal, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Sulfide (H2S, HS− and S2−) oxidation to sulfite and thiosulfate by heterotrophic
bacteria, using sulfide: quinone oxidoreductase (SQR) and persulfide dioxygenase (PDO) …

[HTML][HTML] The North Atlantic aerosol and marine ecosystem study (NAAMES): Science motive and mission overview

MJ Behrenfeld, RH Moore, CA Hostetler… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) is an interdisciplinary
investigation to improve understanding of Earth's ocean ecosystem-aerosol-cloud system …

[HTML][HTML] Stressed out: Bacterial response to high salinity using compatible solute biosynthesis and uptake systems, lessons from Vibrionaceae

GJ Gregory, EF Boyd - Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Bacteria have evolved mechanisms that allow them to adapt to changes in osmolarity and
some species have adapted to live optimally in high salinity environments such as in the …

DSYB catalyses the key step of dimethylsulfoniopropionate biosynthesis in many phytoplankton

ARJ Curson, BT Williams, BJ Pinchbeck, LP Sims… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is a globally important organosulfur molecule and the
major precursor for dimethyl sulfide. These compounds are important info-chemicals, key …