Crude-oil-degrading thermophilic bacterium isolated from an oil field

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-182

  Hao, Ruixia ^a   Lu, Anhuai ^a   Wang, Guanyu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conversion; Crude oil; Degradation; Metabolite; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BACTERIA; GLUCOSE; OIL FIELDS; PH EFFECTS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

AROMATICS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; ASPHALT; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HEXADECANE; HYDROCARBON; MALTOSE; PETROLEUM; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER; PYRUVIC ACID; RESIN; RIBOSOME RNA; STARCH; SUCROSE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; XYLOSE;

BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; OIL FIELD; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RNA SEQUENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS;

ALKANES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; GENES, RRNA; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PETROLEUM; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THERMUS;

EID: 2942726112     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w03-116     Document Type: Article

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