Bacterial taxa that limit sulfur flux from the ocean.

@article{citeulike:955461, abstract = {Flux of dimethylsulfide (DMS) from ocean surface waters is the predominant natural source of sulfur to the atmosphere and influences climate by aerosol formation. Marine bacterioplankton regulate sulfur flux by converting the precursor dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) either to DMS or to sulfur compounds that are not climatically active. Through the discovery of a glycine cleavage T-family protein with DMSP methyltransferase activity, marine bacterioplankton in the Roseobacter and SAR11 taxa were identified as primary mediators of DMSP demethylation to methylmercaptopropionate. One-third of surface ocean bacteria harbor a DMSP demethylase homolog and thereby route a substantial fraction of global marine primary production away from DMS formation and into the marine microbial food web.}, address = {Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.}, author = {Howard, E. C. and Henriksen, J. R. and Buchan, A. and Reisch, C. R. and B\"{u}rgmann, H. and Welsh, R. and Ye, W. and Gonz\'{a}lez, J. M. and Mace, K. and Joye, S. B. and Kiene, R. P. and Whitman, W. B. and Moran, M. A. }, citeulike-article-id = {955461}, doi = {10.1126/science.1130657}, issn = {1095-9203}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {dmsp, sulfur}, month = {October}, number = {5799}, pages = {649--652}, posted-at = {2008-05-15 21:24:07}, priority = {2}, title = {Bacterial taxa that limit sulfur flux from the ocean.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1130657}, volume = {314}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:955461 L3 - citeulike-article-id:955461 TI - Bacterial taxa that limit sulfur flux from the ocean. JF - Science VL - 314 IS - 5799 SP - 649 EP - 652 AD - Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. SN - 1095-9203 N2 - Flux of dimethylsulfide (DMS) from ocean surface waters is the predominant natural source of sulfur to the atmosphere and influences climate by aerosol formation. Marine bacterioplankton regulate sulfur flux by converting the precursor dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) either to DMS or to sulfur compounds that are not climatically active. Through the discovery of a glycine cleavage T-family protein with DMSP methyltransferase activity, marine bacterioplankton in the Roseobacter and SAR11 taxa were identified as primary mediators of DMSP demethylation to methylmercaptopropionate. One-third of surface ocean bacteria harbor a DMSP demethylase homolog and thereby route a substantial fraction of global marine primary production away from DMS formation and into the marine microbial food web. KW - dmsp KW - sulfur AU - Howard, EC AU - Henriksen, JR AU - Buchan, A AU - Reisch, CR AU - Bürgmann, H AU - Welsh, R AU - Ye, W AU - González, JM AU - Mace, K AU - Joye, SB AU - Kiene, RP AU - Whitman, WB AU - Moran, MA PY - 2006/10/27/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1130657 ER -