[2] Ruegeria pomeroyi was discovered off the coast of the Eastern United States in the laboratory of Mary Ann Moran, Ph.D.[3] at the University of Georgia.
[5] Ruegeria pomeroyi is a coastal ocean bacterium in a lineage of bacteria commonly considered ecological "generalists.
"[5] The relatively large genome of R. pomeroyi, as compared to other marine bacterial species, supports this concept.
In line with this, R. pomeroyi has a highly versatile ability to utilize and sequester carbon and energy.
Although many marine bacteria are capable of degrading DMSP, the genes and proteins used to do so were elusive to researchers for many years.