Bacterial biodegradation of aliphatic sulfides under aerobic carbon- or sulfur-limited growth conditions

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1444-1454

  Kirkwood, K M ^a   Ebert, S ^a   Foght, J M ^a   Fedorak, P M ^a   Gray, Murray R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aliphatic sulfide biodegradation; Heavy crude oil; Organic sulfur oxidation; Petroleum bio processing; Thia fatty acids

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRUDE OIL; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALIPHATIC SULPHIDE BIODEGRADATION; CARBON SULFUR BONDS; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; HEAVY CRUDE OIL; ORGANIC SULFUR; ORGANIC SULPHUR OXIDATION; PETROLEUM BIO-PROCESSING; SULFUR OXIDATION; SULFUR SOURCE; THIA FATTY ACIDS;

BIODEGRADATION;

1,4 DITHIANE DERIVATIVE; ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; ALKANOIC ACID; ASPHALTENE; CARBON; DI N OCTYLSULFIDE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZYL SULFIDE; FATTY ACID; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; PETROLEUM; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; SULFIDE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCATALYST; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIA;

EID: 28444456410     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02723.x     Document Type: Article

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