Anaerobic hydrocarbon biodegradation in deep subsurface oil reservoirs

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7006, 2004, Pages 291-294

  Aitken, Carolyn M ^a   Jones, D M ^a   Larter, S R ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIODEGRADATION; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRITION; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

AEROBIC DEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS; BIODEGRADED OILS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL FIELD;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; OIL INDUSTRY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VOLUMETRY;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CANADA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM;

EID: 4644280496     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02922     Document Type: Article

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