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Subject: Bacterial Gene May Affect Climate And Weather

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larry

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Date Posted: 06:14:21 02/18/07 Sun

so its not all power plants and volcanos that put sulfur in the air.

Dr Phil Bond, from UQ's Advanced Wastewater Management Centre, and his former colleagues at the University of East Anglia in England, have found how a particular type of marine bacteria � Marinomonas � generates a compound that is a key component in global sulfur and carbon cycles.

�Marine algae can produce large amounts of a compound (dimethylsulfoniopropionate or DMSP) that when broken down by bacteria produces dimethyl sulfide (DMS),� Dr Bond said.

�DMS then enters the atmosphere and is thought to contribute to condensation of water vapour and cloud formation.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070215185518.htm

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