Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMSP and Related Sulfonium Compounds

Herausgegeben:Kiene, R. P.; Kirst, G. O.; Keller; Visscher, P. T.

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Produktbeschreibung

''An essential book for people working in the area of sulfur compounds in the environment and should be in all institutional libraries....Well indexed, well presented.'' --- SGM Quarterly, November 1997 ''Extremely useful and well-produced symposium volume that should be of interest to many environmental scientists, microbial and plant physiologists, and aquatic ecologists.'' The Quarterly Review of Biology, June 1998

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4613-8024-5
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 768g
• ISBN-13: 9781461380245
• ISBN-10: 1461380243
• Artikelnr.: 36117600

Inhaltsangabe

1. 30 Years of Research on Dimethylsulfoniopriopionate.- 2. Chemical and Biochemical Properties of Sulfonium Compounds.- 3. Characterization of 3-Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and Its Analogs with Mass Spectrometry.- 4. NMR Spectroscopy as a Probe for DMSP and Glycine Betaine in Phytoplankton Cells.- 5. Determination of DMSP and Other Onium Compounds in Tetraselmis subcordiformis by Plasma Desorption Mass Spectrometry.- 6. An Alternative Approach to the Measurement of ß-Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and Other Precursors of Dimethylsulfide.- 7. 3-Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Biosynthesis and Use by Flowering Plants.- 8. Effects of Sulfide on Growth and Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) Concentration in Spartina alterniflora.- 9. Biosynthesis of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate in Crypthecodinium cohnii (Dinophyceae).- 10. Biosynthetic Pathways for Phosphatidylsulfocholine, the Sulfonium Analogue of Phosphatidylcholine, in Diatoms.- 11. Osmotic Adjustment in Phytoplankton and Macroalgae.- 12. Physiological Aspects of the Production of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) by Marine Phytoplankton.- 13. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Production in Phototrophic Organisms and Its Physiological Function as a Cryoprotectant.- 14. The Determination of DMSP in Marine Algae and Salt Marsh Plants.- 15. Effects of DMSP and Related Compounds on Behavior, Growth and Stress Resistance of Fish, Amphibians and Crustaceans.- 16. The Role of DMSP and DMS in the Global Sulfur Cycle and Climate Regulation.- 17. Origin and Importance of Picoplanktonic DMSP.- 18. Studies of DMS+DMSP and Its Relationship with the Phytoplanktonic Populations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.- 19. Acrylate and Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) Concentrations during an Antarctic Phytoplankton Bloom.- 20. ParticulateDimethylsulfoniopropionate Removal and Dimethylsulfide Production by Zooplankton in the Southern Ocean.- 21. Copepods and DMSP.- 22. Osmoregulation in Bacteria and Transport of Onium Compounds.- 23. Metabolic Pathways Involved in DMSP Degradation.- 24. Accumulation of Dissolved DMSP by Marine Bacteria and Its Degradation via Bacterivory.- 25. N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequences and Comparison of DMSP Lyases from Pseudomonas doudoroffii and Alcaligenes Strain M3A.- 26. Intriguing Functionality of the Production and Conversion of DMSP in Phaeocystis sp.- 27. DMSP Lyase in Marine Macro- and Microalgae.- 28. Kinetics of DMSP-Lyase Activity in Coastal Seawater.- 29. Turnover of Dissolved DMSP in Estuarine and Shelf Waters of the Northern Gulf of Mexico.- 30. Anaerobic Microorganisms Involved in the Degradation of DMS(P).- 31. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate as a Potential Methanogenic Substrate in Mono Lake Sediments.- 32. The Role of Oxygenic Phototrophic Microorganisms in Production and Conversion of Dimethylsulfoniopropioniate and Dimethylsulfidê in Microbial Mats.- 33. Production of Dimethylsulfide after Deposition of Increasing Amounts of Emiliania huxleyi onto Sediments in Marine Microcosms.- 34. DMSP, DMS and DMSO Concentrations and Temporal Trends in Marine Surface Waters at Leigh, New Zealand.- 35. DMSO: A Significant Compound in the Biogeochemical Cycle of DMS.- 36. Aerobic DMS Degradation in Microbial Mats.