Quantifying microbial utilization of petroleum hydrocarbons in salt marsh sediments by using the 13C content of bacterial rRNA

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1157-1166

  Pearson, Ann ^a   Kraunz, Kimberly S ^a   Sessions, Alex L ^b   Dekas, Anne E ^a,b   Leavitt, William D ^a   Edwards, Katrina J ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; RNA; SEDIMENTS;

MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; NATURAL REMEDIATION;

HYDROCARBONS;

CARBON 13; LIPID; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OIL SPILL; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; RNA; SALTMARSH;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE; GRASS; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SALT MARSH; SEDIMENT; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETROLEUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WETLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 39649109450     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01014-07     Document Type: Article

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