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 …

Physiological aspects of the production and conversion of DMSP in marine algae and higher plants

J Stefels - Journal of Sea Research, 2000 - Elsevier
Dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) is a compound produced in several classes of algae
and higher plants that live in the marine environment. Considering its generally high …

Possible artifacts of data biases in the recent global surface warming hiatus

TR Karl, A Arguez, B Huang, JH Lawrimore… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Much study has been devoted to the possible causes of an apparent decrease in the upward
trend of global surface temperatures since 1998, a phenomenon that has been dubbed the …

Catabolism of dimethylsulphoniopropionate: microorganisms, enzymes and genes

ARJ Curson, JD Todd, MJ Sullivan… - Nature Reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
The compatible solute dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) has important roles in marine
environments. It is an anti-stress compound made by many single-celled plankton, some …

Marine viruses and global climate change

R Danovaro, C Corinaldesi, A Dell'Anno… - FEMS microbiology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Sea-surface warming, sea-ice melting and related freshening, changes in circulation and
mixing regimes, and ocean acidification induced by the present climate changes are …

Ecological significance of compatible solute accumulation by micro-organisms: from single cells to global climate

DT Welsh - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2000 - academic.oup.com
The osmoadaptation of most micro-organisms involves the accumulation of K+ ions and one
or more of a restricted range of low molecular mass organic solutes, collectively termed …

Coral-associated bacteria and their role in the biogeochemical cycling of sulfur

JB Raina, D Tapiolas, BL Willis… - Applied and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Marine bacteria play a central role in the degradation of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP)
to dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and acrylic acid, DMS being critical to cloud formation and thereby …

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 …

Environmental constraints on the production and removal of the climatically active gas dimethylsulphide (DMS) and implications for ecosystem modelling

J Stefels, M Steinke, S Turner, G Malin, S Belviso - Biogeochemistry, 2007 - Springer
Seawater concentrations of the climate-cooling, volatile sulphur compound dimethylsulphide
(DMS) are the result of numerous production and consumption processes within the marine …

Dimethylsulfoniopropionate: its sources, role in the marine food web, and biological degradation to dimethylsulfide

DC Yoch - Applied and environmental microbiology, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
The massive quantities of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic and Antarctic oceans
producing dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) as an osmoprotectant, much of which is …