Microbial community response to a release of neat ethanol onto residual hydrocarbons in a pilot-scale aquifer tank

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2236-2244

  Cápiro, Natalie L ^a,c   Da Silva, Marcio L B ^a,d   Stafford, Brent P ^b,e   Rixey, William G ^b   Alvarez, Pedro J J ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^e SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BENZYLSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; HYDROCARBON; LYASE; METHANE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; OXYGENASE; PHENOL 2-MONOOXYGENASE; PHENOL HYDROXYLASE; TOLUENE DIOXYGENASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ETHANOL; GENOTYPE; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGENASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ARCHAEA; AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVUNDIMONAS;

EID: 48749098917     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01645.x     Document Type: Article

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