ArticleNature microbiology2019
Bacteria are important dimethylsulfoniopropionate producers in coastal sediments.
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- Dimethylsulfoniopropionate metabolism shapes microbial ecology and physiological adaptation during the austral winter in Southern Ocean sea ice and seawater.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Predicted shifts in bacterial and algal contributions to DMSP and DMS dynamics during a coastal spring-summer bloom.The ISME journal · 2026Article
- Mechanistic insights into the dimethylsulfoniopropionate synthesis enzyme BurB.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- The potential for coupled organic and inorganic sulfur cycles across the terrestrial deep subsurface biosphere.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Active microorganisms and potential metabolic pathways mediating anaerobic degradation of DMSP in anoxic saltmarsh sediment.ISME communications · 2025Article
- Elucidation of Spartina dimethylsulfoniopropionate synthesis genes enables engineering of stress tolerant plants.Nature communications · 2024Article
- An S-methyltransferase that produces the climate-active gas dimethylsulfide is widespread across diverse marine bacteria.Nature microbiology · 2024Article
- Alternative dimethylsulfoniopropionate biosynthesis enzymes in diverse and abundant microorganisms.Nature microbiology · 2024Article
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- Methanolobus use unspecific methyltransferases to produce methane from dimethylsulphide in Baltic Sea sediments.Microbiome · 2024Article
- Quorum Sensing Regulates the Production of Methanethiol inMicroorganisms · 2023Article
- DMSOP-cleaving enzymes are diverse and widely distributed in marine microorganisms.Nature microbiology · 2023Article
- Microbial drivers of DMSO reduction and DMS-dependent methanogenesis in saltmarsh sediments.The ISME journal · 2023Article
- The Diversity and Metabolism of Culturable Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria from the Photic Zone of the Western North Pacific Ocean.Microbial ecology · 2023Article
- Optimized methyl donor and reduced precursor degradation pathway for seleno-methylselenocysteine production in Bacillus subtilis.Microbial cell factories · 2023Article
- Microbial Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Cycling in Deep Sediment of the Mariana Trench.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2023Article
- A ubiquitous gammaproteobacterial clade dominates expression of sulfur oxidation genes across the mesopelagic ocean.Nature microbiology · 2023Article
- Ubiquitous occurrence of a dimethylsulfoniopropionate ABC transporter in abundant marine bacteria.The ISME journal · 2023Article
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22 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
Beth T WilliamsSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Kasha CowlesSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Ana Bermejo MartínezSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Andrew R J CursonSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Yanfen ZhengSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Jingli LiuSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Simone Newton-PayneSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Andrew J HindSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Chun-Yang LiCollege of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
Peter Paolo L RiveraSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8587-9178
Ornella CarriónSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Ji LiuSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Lewis G SpurginSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Charles A BrearleySchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6179-9109
Brett Wagner MackenzieDepartment of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Benjamin J PinchbeckSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Ming PengState Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.
Jennifer PratscherThe Lyell Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
Xiao-Hua ZhangCollege of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
Yu-Zhong ZhangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.
J Colin MurrellSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Jonathan D ToddSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. jonathan.todd@uea.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0777-9312
University of East Anglia · GBOcean University of China · CNShandong University · CNHeriot-Watt University · GBUniversity of Auckland · NZ
Funding
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M011216/1
Abstract
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and its catabolite dimethyl sulfide (DMS) are key marine nutrients
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Gene Regulatory NetworksBacteriaBacterial ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGeologic SedimentsMethionineMethyltransferasesPhylogenySeawaterSequence Analysis, RNASulfonium CompoundsBacterial ProteinsdimethylpropiothetinMethionineMethyltransferasesSulfonium Compounds
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