Production of volatile sulfur compounds during the decomposition of algal mats
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 34 (6) , 859-860
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.34.6.859-860.1977
Abstract
Blue-green algal mats incubated anaerobically rapidly produce large amounts of volatile sulfur compounds, including hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan, and dimethyl sulfide. The major organic sulfur compound is methyl mercaptan, in contrast to previous results with marine eucaryotic algae. Light inhibited production of volatile sulfur compounds, apparently because the algae then produced O2, rendering the system aerobic.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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