Sulphur-amino acids in symbiotic species from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps
Pruski, A.M.; Fiala-Médioni, A.; Boulègue, J.; Colomines, J.-Ch. (1998). Sulphur-amino acids in symbiotic species from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Cah. Biol. Mar. 39(3-4): 321-324. https://dx.doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.F6C481BD
In: Cahiers de Biologie Marine. Station Biologique de Roscoff: Paris. ISSN 0007-9723; e-ISSN 2262-3094
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(1998). Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Biology: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal 20-24 October 1997. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 39(3-4). Station Biologique de Roscoff: Roscoff. 219-392 pp., more
In this study, the free amino acid composition of 21 deep-sea symbiotic species from different ecological and geological contexts were compared in order to determine specific features related to symbiosis or to environmental conditions. Three sulphur-amino acids were found in high amounts in the species studied : taurine, hypotaurine and thiotaurine. The possible involvement of these sulphur-amino acids in the metabolism of sulphur was also investigated by measuring their concentrations during sulphide exposure.
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