This study examines the initial oxidation routes of the three major reduced sulfur compounds (CH(3)SH, CH(3)SCH(3), and CH(3)SSCH(3)) by the nitrate radical using density functional and ab initio methods. Stationary points along each reaction pathway are examined using different levels of theory and basis sets to ensure the convergence of the results. Kinetics calculations follow on the determi...

Holophaga foetida Liesack et al. 1995 is a member of the phylum Acidobacteria and is of interest for its ability to anaerobically degrade aromatic compounds and for its production of volatile sulfur compounds through a unique pathway. The genome of H. foetida strain TMBS4(T) is the first to be sequenced for a representative of the class Holophagae. Here we describe the features of this organism...

Sulfhydryl compounds have been demonstrated in various regions of the male reproductive tract: glutathione has been found in spermatozoa (1,2) and ergothioneine and possibly other sulfhydryl compounds originate in the prostate and seminal vesicles and are known t.o be influential constituents of seminal fluid (3). Little is known, however, about the identity or function of sulfur compounds in t...