Changes in bacterial communities from anaerobic digesters during petroleum hydrocarbon degradation

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 564-572

  Scherr, Kerstin E ^a   Lundaa, Tserennyam ^a,b   Klose, Viviana ^a   Bochmann, Günther ^a   Loibner, Andreas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biodegradation; Community analysis; Ex situ bioremediation; Hydrocarbon fermentation; Methanogenesis; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Soil

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA; ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BIO-WASTE; COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATED MATERIALS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENERGY CROPS; ENERGY RECOVERY; EX SITU BIOREMEDIATION; EXTERNAL ELECTRONS; FIRMICUTES; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC COMMUNITY; OIL RESERVOIRS; ORGANIC RESIDUES; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; PROTEOBACTERIA; SURFACE SITES;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FERMENTATION; GENES; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; DEGRADATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FIRMICUTES; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE WATER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FLAME IONIZATION; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84857456696     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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