Metabolism of n-alkanes and n-alkenes by anaerobic bacteria: A summary

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1197-1203

  Grossi, Vincent ^a   Cravo Laureau, Cristiana ^b   Guyoneaud, Rémy ^b   Ranchou Peyruse, Anthony ^b   Hirschler Réa, Agnès ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC (UASB); ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; ELSEVIER (CO); HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION; N ALKANES; N-ALKENES; NEW RESULTS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; MINE FLOODING; OLEFINS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; SULFATE MINERALS;

HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE; ALKENE; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; DEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON; METABOLISM; METABOLITE;

EID: 48049102843     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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