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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
Volume 61, Issue 2, Pages 315-334Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp355
Keywords
Metabolic pathways; methylotrophy; sulphur cycle
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- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/B501404/1, NE/E013333/1]
- NERC [NE/E013333/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Dimethylsulphide (DMS) plays a major role in the global sulphur cycle. It has important implications for atmospheric chemistry, climate regulation, and sulphur transport from the marine to the atmospheric and terrestrial environments. In addition, DMS acts as an info-chemical for a wide range of organisms ranging from micro-organisms to mammals. Micro-organisms that cycle DMS are widely distributed in a range of environments, for instance, oxic and anoxic marine, freshwater and terrestrial habitats. Despite the importance of DMS that has been unearthed by many studies since the early 1970s, the understanding of the biochemistry, genetics, and ecology of DMS-degrading micro-organisms is still limited. This review examines current knowledge on the microbial cycling of DMS and points out areas for future research that should shed more light on the role of organisms degrading DMS and related compounds in the biosphere.
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