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. 1994 Dec;60(12):4617–4619. doi: 10.1128/aem.60.12.4617-4619.1994

Demethylation of dimethylsulfoniopropionate to 3-mercaptopropionate by an aerobic marine bacterium.

P T Visscher 1, B F Taylor 1
PMCID: PMC202032  PMID: 7811100

Abstract

A bacterium, strain BIS-6, that grew aerobically on dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) was isolated from an intertidal mud sample. Strain BIS-6 quantitatively demethylated DMSP and 3-methiolpropionate to 3-mercaptopropionate. Strain BIS-6 was a versatile methylotroph growing on the osmolytes DMSP and glycine betaine and their methylated degradation products (dimethyl glycine, sarcosine, methylamines, and dimethyl sulfide.

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