Microbial consortia in mesocosm bioremediation trial using oil sorbents, slow-release fertilizer and bioaugmentation

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 288-300

  Gertler, Christoph ^a,c   Gerdts, Gunnar ^b   Timmis, Kenneth N ^a   Golyshin, Peter N ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcanivorax; Bioaugmentation; Bioremediation; Marine oil degradation; Oil sorbent materials; Predation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DNA; FERTILIZER; FUEL OIL; NITRATE; NITRITE; OIL; PHOSPHATE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; RNA 16S; SORBENT;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER; MESOCOSM; MICROORGANISM; SORPTION;

ALCANIVORAX; ALCANIVORAX BORKUMENSIS; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE SEQUENCE; MESOCOSM; METHANOCOCCUS THERMOLITHOTROPHICUS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OIL SPILL; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCANIVORACEAE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERTILIZERS; FUEL OILS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALCANIVORAX; ALCANIVORAX BORKUMENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67650478312     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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