Nature Communications (Sep 2020)
Bacteria are important dimethylsulfoniopropionate producers in marine aphotic and high-pressure environments
- Yanfen Zheng,
- Jinyan Wang,
- Shun Zhou,
- Yunhui Zhang,
- Ji Liu,
- Chun-Xu Xue,
- Beth T. Williams,
- Xiuxiu Zhao,
- Li Zhao,
- Xiao-Yu Zhu,
- Chuang Sun,
- Hong-Hai Zhang,
- Tian Xiao,
- Gui-Peng Yang,
- Jonathan D. Todd,
- Xiao-Hua Zhang
Affiliations
- Yanfen Zheng
- College of Marine Life Sciences, and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China
- Jinyan Wang
- College of Marine Life Sciences, and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China
- Shun Zhou
- College of Marine Life Sciences, and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China
- Yunhui Zhang
- College of Marine Life Sciences, and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China
- Ji Liu
- College of Marine Life Sciences, and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China
- Chun-Xu Xue
- College of Marine Life Sciences, and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China
- Beth T. Williams
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
- Xiuxiu Zhao
- College of Marine Life Sciences, and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China
- Li Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xiao-Yu Zhu
- College of Marine Life Sciences, and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China
- Chuang Sun
- College of Marine Life Sciences, and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China
- Hong-Hai Zhang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China
- Tian Xiao
- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Gui-Peng Yang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China
- Jonathan D. Todd
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
- Xiao-Hua Zhang
- College of Marine Life Sciences, and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18434-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is an osmolyte produced by marine microbes that plays an important role in nutrient cycling and atmospheric chemistry. Here the authors go to the Mariana Trench—the deepest point in the ocean—and find bacteria are key DMSP producers, and that DMSP has a role in protection against high pressure.
