Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria: The oil-spill clean-up crew

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 587-594

  Brooijmans, Rob J W ^a,b   Pastink, Margreet I ^a,c,d   Siezen, Roland J ^a,c,e  

^a KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BIOSURFACTANT; CYTOCHROME P450; HYDROCARBON; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RUBREDOXIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROCARBON DEGRADING BACTERIUM; MARINE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77953597713     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00151.x     Document Type: Review

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