Identifying polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria in oil-contaminated surface waters at Deepwater Horizon by cultivation, stable isotope probing and pyrosequencing

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 301-305

  Gutierrez, Tony ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Crude oil; Deepwater Horizon; DNA based stable isotope probing (DNA SIP); Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 81755165929     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-011-9252-9     Document Type: Article

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