The role of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) as osmoregulator, osmoprotectant and antioxidant for phytoplankton cell explored in laboratory cultures.

Gypens, Nathalie

The role of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) as osmoregulator, osmoprotectant and antioxidant for phytoplankton cell explored in laboratory cultures.

Nathalie Gypens¹, Boris Wittek¹, Colin Royer¹, Gaëlle Speeckaert¹, Gauthier Carnat², Jean-Louis Tison³ and Alberto V. Borges⁴, (1)Université Libre de Bruxelles, Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Systèmes Aquatiques, Brussels, Belgium, (2)Université Libre de Bruxelles, Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Brussel, Belgium, (3)Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium, (4)University of Liege, Chemical Oceanography Unit, Liege, Belgium