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Science 27 October 2006:
Vol. 314. no. 5799, pp. 607 - 608
DOI: 10.1126/science.1133279
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Perspectives

OCEANS:
New Pieces for the Marine Sulfur Cycle Jigsaw

Gill Malin

It was thought that phytoplankton make DMSP, a key compound in the marine sulfur cycle, whereas bacteria use it. Now, one study shows that diatoms can also take up DMSP; another study identifies a key bacterial gene involved in its demethylation.

The author is at the Laboratory for Global Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK. E-mail: g.malin{at}uea.ac.uk

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)