Preferential utilization of petroleum oil hydrocarbon components by microbial consortia reflects degradation pattern in aliphatic-aromatic hydrocarbon binary mixtures

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1109-1117

  Bacosa, Hernando Pactao ^a   Suto, Koichi ^a   Inoue, Chihiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aliphatic hydrocarbons; Aromatic hydrocarbons; Binary mixture; Biodegradation; Microbial consortium; Petroleum

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; AEROBIC CONDITION; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BINARY SYSTEMS; DEGRADATION PATTERNS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBON FRACTION; LIQUID MEDIUM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; N-DECANE; N-OCTANES; OIL HYDROCARBONS; P-XYLENE; PETROLEUM;

AROMATIZATION; BINARY MIXTURES; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; ETHYLBENZENE; GENES; KEROSENE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; RNA; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 79955052486     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0557-6     Document Type: Article

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