Robust hydrocarbon degradation and dynamics of bacterial communities during nutrient-enhanced oil spill bioremediation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5537-5548

  Röling, Wilfred F M ^a   Milner, Michael G ^a   Jones, D Martin ^a   Lee, Kenneth ^a   Daniel, Fabien ^a   Swannell, Richard J P ^a   Head, Ian M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CLONING; CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; HYDROCARBONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OIL SPILLS; RNA; SEDIMENTS;

DENATURING;

BACTERIA;

ALKANE; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIBOSOME RNA;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OIL POLLUTION; OIL SPILL;

ALCANIVORAX; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FUNDIBACTER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROCOSM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OIL SPILL; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ALCANIVORAX; ALCANIVORAX/FUNDIBACTER GROUP; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNDIBACTER;

EID: 0036840898     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5537-5548.2002     Document Type: Article

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