Diversity and Abundance of Oil-Degrading Bacteria and Alkane Hydroxylase (alkB) Genes in the Subtropical Seawater of Xiamen Island

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 429-439

  Wang, Wanpeng ^a,b   Wang, Liping ^b   Shao, Zongze ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State of Oceanic Administration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA; PETROLEUM; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER; ALCANIVORAX; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEUCOBACTER; OLEIPHILUS; OLEISPIRA; PARACOCCUS (BACTERIUM); PSEUDOMONAS; THALASSOLITUUS;

EID: 77956883738     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9724-4     Document Type: Article

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