Isotopically labeled sulfur compounds and synthetic selenium and tellurium analogues to study sulfur metabolism in marine bacteria

• Nelson L. Brock,
• Christian A. Citron,
• Claudia Zell,
• Martine Berger,
• Irene Wagner-Döbler,
• Jörn Petersen,
• Thorsten Brinkhoff,
• Meinhard Simon and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 942–950, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.108

• methaneselenol-derived volatiles via reduction and methylation. The pathway of selenate/selenite reduction, however, proved to be strictly separated from sulfate reduction. Keywords: dimethylsulfoniopropionate; Roseobacter clade; selenium metabolism; sulfur metabolism; volatiles; Introduction The Roseobacter