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Dixon, Joanna L., Hopkins, Frances E., Stephens, John A. and Schäfer, Hendrik (2020) Seasonal changes in microbial dissolved organic sulfur transformations in coastal waters. Microorganisms, 8 (3). e337. doi:10.3390/microorganisms8030337 ISSN 2076-2607.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8030337
Abstract
The marine trace gas dimethylsulfide (DMS) is the single most important biogenic source of atmospheric sulfur, accounting for up to 80% of global biogenic sulfur emissions. Approximately 300 million tons of DMS are produced annually, but the majority is degraded by microbes in seawater. The DMS precursor dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and oxidation product dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) are also important organic sulfur reservoirs. However, the marine sinks of dissolved DMSO remain unknown. We used a novel combination of stable and radiotracers to determine seasonal changes in multiple dissolved organic sulfur transformation rates to ascertain whether microbial uptake of dissolved DMSO was a significant loss pathway. Surface concentrations of DMS ranged from 0.5 to 17.0 nM with biological consumption rates between 2.4 and 40.8 nM·d−1. DMS produced from the reduction of DMSO was not a significant process. Surface concentrations of total DMSO ranged from 2.3 to 102 nM with biological consumption of dissolved DMSO between 2.9 and 111 nM·d−1. Comparisons between 14C2-DMSO assimilation and dissimilation rates suggest that the majority of dissolved DMSO was respired (>94%). Radiotracer microbial consumption rates suggest that dissimilation of dissolved DMSO to CO2 can be a significant loss pathway in coastal waters, illustrating the significance of bacteria in controlling organic sulfur seawater concentrations.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history | |||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | |||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | |||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Dimethyl sulfide , Dimethyl sulfoxide , Sulfur cycle, Sulfur , Radioactive tracers , Radioactive tracers in marine biology | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Microorganisms | |||||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | |||||||||
ISSN: | 2076-2607 | |||||||||
Official Date: | 27 February 2020 | |||||||||
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Volume: | 8 | |||||||||
Number: | 3 | |||||||||
Article Number: | e337 | |||||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/microorganisms8030337 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 5 March 2020 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 10 March 2020 | |||||||||
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