Oil biodegradation by Bacillus strains isolated from the rock of an oil reservoir located in a deep-water production basin in Brazil

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 949-959

  Da Cunha, Claudia Duarte ^a   Rosado, Alexandre S ^a   Sebastián, Gina V ^b   Seldin, Lucy ^a   Von Der Weid, Irene ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacillus strains; Biodegradation; Oil

Indexed keywords

GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; OIL DEGRADATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

2 HYDROXYMUCONIC SEMIALDEHYDE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CATECHOL; CATECHOL 1,2 DIOXYGENASE; CATECHOL 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; DIOXYGENASE; HEXADECANE; MUCONIC ACID; RNA 16S; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOLATED POPULATION; RNA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODEGRADATION; BRAZIL; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OIL INDUSTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROCK;

ALKANES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BRAZIL; CARBAZOLES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENZYMES; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYENES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TOLUENE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33751504127     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0531-2     Document Type: Article

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