• Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) is a key compound in global sulfur and carbon cycles. (essex.ac.uk)
  • In the late 1770s, Antoine Lavoisier helped convince the scientific community that sulfur was an element and not a compound. (wikidoc.org)
  • Marine phytoplankton produce ∼10(9) tonnes of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) per year(1,2), an estimated 10% of which is catabolized by bacteria through the DMSP cleavage pathway to the climatically active gas dimethyl sulfide(3,4). (oregonstate.edu)
  • DMSP is a precursor for the climatically active gas dimethylsulfide that is readily oxidized to sulfate, sulfur dioxide, methanesulfonic acid, and other products that act as cloud condensation nuclei. (nih.gov)
  • Particulate Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Removal and Dimethylsulfide Production by Zooplankton in the Southern Ocean", Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMSP and Related Sulfonium Compounds, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 223-238, doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-0377-0_20, ISBN 978-0-306-45306-9, retrieved 2022-04-05 Daly, Kendra L. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is a ubiquitous algal metabolite and common carbon and sulfur source for marine bacteria. (nih.gov)
  • Although the environmental importance of DMSP metabolism has been known for some time, the enzyme responsible for DMSP demethylation by marine bacterioplankton, dimethylsufoniopropionate-dependent demethylase A (DmdA, EC 2.1.1.B5), has only recently been identified and biochemically characterized. (nih.gov)