ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE TO 3-S-METHYLMERCAPTOPROPIONATE BY A MARINE DESULFOBACTERIUM STRAIN

MJEC VANDERMAAREL; P QUIST; L DIJKHUIZEN; TA HANSEN

doi:10.1007/BF00252230

ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE TO 3-S-METHYLMERCAPTOPROPIONATE BY A MARINE DESULFOBACTERIUM STRAIN

MJEC VANDERMAAREL, P QUIST, L DIJKHUIZEN, TA HANSEN

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Abstract

Dimethylsulfoniopropionate, an osmolyte of marine algae, is thought to be the major precursor of dimethyl sulfide, which plays a dominant role in biogenic sulfur emission. The marine sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfobacterium strain PM4 was found to degrade dimethylsulfoniopropionate to 3-S-methylmercaptopropionate. The oxidation of one of the methyl groups of dimethylsulfoniopropionate was coupled to the reduction of sulfate; this process is similar to the degradation of betaine to dimethylglycine which was described earlier for the same strain. Desulfobacterium PM4 is the first example of an anaerobic marine bacterium that is able to demethylate dimethylsulfoniopropionate.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	411-412
Number of pages	2
Journal	Archives of Microbiology
Volume	160
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00252230
Publication status	Published - Nov-1993

Keywords

ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION
METHYLATED SULFUR COMPOUNDS
DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE
3-S-METHYLMERCAPTOPROPIONATE
MARINE SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM
SEDIMENTS
BETAINE

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