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The microbial making and breaking of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and related compounds.
Nature Microbiology · · Review
Carrión, Zhu + more
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Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is a major Earth organosulfur compound produced by multiple organisms and is transformed by microbes into signalling and climate-relevant gases.
- Why it matters: Understanding how DMSP and DMSP-related compounds are made and broken is key because their microbial fates shape marine signalling, nutrient cycling, and generation of climate-cooling gases.
- What they did: This Review synthesizes current knowledge on DMSP and DRC biosynthesis and catabolism, focusing on recent findings that revise assumptions about their sources and environmental fates.
- The result: The work maps genes and pathways involved in production, transport, and degradation, and identifies research challenges to guide future DMSP and DRC studies.
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