Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMSP and Related Sulfonium Compounds

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
30 Years of Research on Dimethylsulfoniopriopionate....Pages 1-12
Chemical and Biochemical Properties of Sulfonium Compounds....Pages 13-27
Characterization of 3-Dimenthysulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and its Analogs with Mass Spectrometry....Pages 29-44
NMR Spectroscopy as a Probe for DMSP and Glycine Betaine in Phytoplankton Cells....Pages 45-54
Determination of DMSP and Other Onium Compounds in Tetraselmis Subcordiformis by Plasma Desorption Mass Spectrometry....Pages 55-63
An Alternative Approach to the Measurement of β-Dimenthylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and Other Precursors of Dimethylsulfide....Pages 65-73
3-Dimethylsulfoniopionate Biosynthesis and use by Flowering Plants....Pages 75-86
Effects of Sulfide on Growth and Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) Concentration in Spartina Alterniflora ....Pages 87-95
Biosynthesis of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate in Crypthecodinium Cohnii (Dinophyceae)....Pages 97-107
Biosynthetic Pathways for Phosphatidylsulfocholine, the Sulfonium Analogue of Phosphatidylcholine, in Diatoms....Pages 109-119
Osmotic Adjustment in Phytoplankton and MacroAlgae....Pages 121-129
Physiological Aspects of the Production of Dimeyhtlsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) by Marine Phytoplankton....Pages 131-142
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Production in Phototrophic Organisms and its Physiological Functions as a Cryoprotectant....Pages 143-153
The Determination of DMSP in Marine Algae and Salt Marsh Plants....Pages 155-163
Effects of DMSP and Related Compounds on Behavior, Growth and Stress Resistance of Fish, Amphibians and Crustaceans....Pages 165-176
The Role of DMSP and DMS in the Global Sulfur Cycle and Climate Regulation....Pages 177-189
Origin and Importance of Picoplanktonic DMSP....Pages 191-201
Studies of DMS+DMSP and its Relationship with the Phytoplanktonic Populations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea....Pages 203-211
Acrylate and Dimenthylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) Concentrations during an Antarctic Phytoplankton Bloom....Pages 213-222
Particulate Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Removal and Dimethylsulfide Production by Zooplankton in the Southern Ocean....Pages 223-238
Copepods and DMSP....Pages 239-252
Osmoregulation in Bacteria and Transport of Onium Compounds....Pages 253-263
Metabolic Pathways Involved in DMSP Degradation....Pages 265-276
Accumulation of Dissolved DMSP by Marine Bacteria and its Degradation via Bacterivory....Pages 277-291
N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequences and Comparison of DMSP Lyases from Pseudomonas Doudoroffii and Alcagenes Strain M3A....Pages 293-304
Intriguing Functionality of the Production and Conversion of DMSP in Phaeocystis SP....Pages 305-315
DMSP Lyase in Marine Macro- and Microalgae....Pages 317-324
Kinetics of DMSP-Lyase Activity in Coastal Seawater....Pages 325-335
Turnover of Dissolved DMSP in Estuarine and Shelf Waters of the Northern Gulf of Mexico....Pages 337-349
Anaerobic Microorganism Involved in the Degradation of DMS(P)....Pages 351-360
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate as a Potential Methanogenic Substrate in Mono Lake Sediments....Pages 361-368
The Role of Oxygenic Phototrophic Microorganisms in Production and Conversion of Dimethylsulfoniopropioniate and Dimethylsulfide in Microbial Mats....Pages 369-379
Production of Dimethylsulfide After Deposition of Increasing Amounts of Emiliania Huxleyi onto Sediments in Marine Microcosms....Pages 381-390
DMSP, DMS and DMSO Concentrations and Temporal Trends in Marine Surface Waters at Leigh, New Zealand....Pages 391-404
DMSO....Pages 405-412
Aerobic DMS Degradation in Microbial Mats....Pages 413-426
Back Matter....Pages 427-430