Microbial population dynamics associated with crude-oil biodegradation in diverse soils

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 6316-6324

  Hamamura, Natsuko ^a   Olson, Sarah H ^a,b   Ward, David M ^a   Inskeep, William P ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GENES; HYDROCARBONS; MICROORGANISMS; OLEFINS;

ALKANE DEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS;

SOILS;

ALKANE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEXADECANE; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

ALKANE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIODEGRADATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATED LAND; CRUDE OIL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROCARBON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TYPE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; COLLIMONAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NOCARDIOIDES ALBUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS COPROPHILUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES;

ALKANES; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOSYSTEM; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; INDIANA; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; OREGON; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLLIMONAS; NOCARDIOIDES ALBUS; RHODOCOCCUS COPROPHILUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 33748796867     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01015-06     Document Type: Article

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