Metabolism of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and glycine betaine by a marine bacterium Export

@article{citeulike:5206267, abstract = {The metabolism of the methylated osmolytes glycine betaine (GB) and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) was studied in a bacterium (strain MD 14201350) isolated from a colony of the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium. MD 14201350 when grown on DMSP cleaved dimethylsulfide (DMS) from DMSP and oxidized acrylate. In contrast to DMSP, GB was metabolized by sequential N-demethylations. Low concentrations (100 03BCM) of DMSP or GB allowed the growth of MD 14201350 on glucose at higher salinities than in their absence. At elevated salinities, DMSP was accumulated intracellularly with less catabolism and DMS production. Thus, DMSP and GB were catabolized by different mechanisms but functioned interchangeably as osmolytes.}, address = {Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Division of Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA}, author = {Diaz, Mara R. and Visscher, Pieter T. and Taylor, Barrie F.}, citeulike-article-id = {5206267}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05394.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/119331290/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05394.x}, issn = {1574-6968}, journal = {FEMS Microbiology Letters}, keywords = {dmsp, download, gb, osmolyte, zwitterion}, number = {1}, pages = {61--65}, posted-at = {2009-07-20 06:13:34}, priority = {2}, title = {Metabolism of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and glycine betaine by a marine bacterium}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05394.x}, volume = {96}, year = {1992} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5206267 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5206267 N2 - The metabolism of the methylated osmolytes glycine betaine (GB) and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) was studied in a bacterium (strain MD 14201350) isolated from a colony of the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium. MD 14201350 when grown on DMSP cleaved dimethylsulfide (DMS) from DMSP and oxidized acrylate. In contrast to DMSP, GB was metabolized by sequential N-demethylations. Low concentrations (100 03BCM) of DMSP or GB allowed the growth of MD 14201350 on glucose at higher salinities than in their absence. At elevated salinities, DMSP was accumulated intracellularly with less catabolism and DMS production. Thus, DMSP and GB were catabolized by different mechanisms but functioned interchangeably as osmolytes. IS - 1 JF - FEMS Microbiology Letters SN - 1574-6968 AD - Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Division of Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA EP - 65 TI - Metabolism of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and glycine betaine by a marine bacterium VL - 96 SP - 61 KW - dmsp KW - download KW - gb KW - osmolyte KW - zwitterion AU - Diaz, Mara AU - Visscher, Pieter AU - Taylor, Barrie PY - 1992/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05394.x ER -