Spatial distributions of biogenic sulfur compounds and isoprene in the tropical western Pacific Ocean: Implications for air-sea fluxes and deep-ocean reservoirs.

Simultaneous measurements of dimethylsulfide (DMS) and isoprene in seawater and the overlying atmosphere were conducted in the tropical western Pacific Ocean during February-March 2017. Surface seawater exhibited a strong correlation between DMS and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), with similar spatial distributions, whereas dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) displayed an opposing trend. Latitudinal and vertical profiles of DMS, DMSP, and isoprene revealed their pronounced dependence on biological factors, particularly in subsurface layers.

Improving key gene expression and di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) degrading ability in a novel Pseudochrobactrum sp. XF203 by ribosome engineering.

Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) is one of the important phthalates detected commonly in soils and crops, posing serious threat to human health. Pseudochrobactrum sp. XF203 (XF203), a new strain related with DBP biodegradation, was first identified from a natural habitat lacking human disturbance.

Spatial distributions and environmentally-mediated factors of dimethylsulfoxide off the northern Antarctic Peninsula in summer.

Spatial distributions of dissolved and particulate dimethylsulfoxide (DMSOd and DMSOp) were investigated off the northern Antarctic Peninsula during the austral summer of 2018, an ecologically and climatically important region of the world. In the upper waters, DMSOd was concentrated in the ice-melt zone because DMSO functions physiologically as an intracellular osmolyte and cryoprotectant. DMSOd concentrations had a weak positive correlation with temperature but a negative correlation with nutrients.

Occurrence, distribution, and sea-air fluxes of volatile halocarbons in the upper ocean off the northern Antarctic Peninsula in summer.

We studied the spatial variations of six volatile halocarbons (VHCs), namely, iodomethane (CHI), chloroform (CHCl), tetrachloroethylene (CCl), bromodichloromethane (CHBrCl), dibromomethane (CHBr), and carbon tetrachloride (CCl), and the environmental influencing factors involved in the cycling of VHCs in the upper ocean (0-500 m) off the Northern Antarctic Peninsula (NAP) during the summer of 2018. About 5%-10% of the total biogenic VHCs in the upper ocean were accumulated in the assemblage layer (AL) with high chlorophyll a. However, higher VHCs levels were observed in the dicothermal layer (DL) compared with the AL because of the preservation from winter and production from dinoflagellates and chlorophytes.