Changes in iso- and n-alkane distribution during biodegradation of crude oil under nitrate and sulphate reducing conditions

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 490-498

  Hasinger, Marion ^a   Scherr, Kerstin E ^a   Lundaa, Tserennyam ^a,b   Bräuer, Leopold ^c   Zach, Clemens ^c   Loibner, Andreas Paul ^a  

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

^b MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

^c OMV Group   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaerobic biodegradation; Bioremediation; Crude oil; Hydrocarbon fingerprint; Iso alkanes; Long chain n alkanes; Terminal electron acceptors

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITION; ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; CONTAMINATED SITES; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DEGRADATION PROCESS; ELECTRON-ACCEPTING; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION; ISOALKANES; LONG CHAIN N-ALKANES; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; N-ALKANES; NITRATE-REDUCING CONDITIONS; NORMAL ALKANE; PRISTANE; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SULPHATES; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; UNRESOLVED COMPLEX MIXTURES;

BIOREMEDIATION; CRUDE OIL; DEGRADATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIODEGRADATION;

ALKANE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PARAFFIN; PETROLEUM; PHYTANE; PRISTANE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC FERMENTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROCOSM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; UNRESOLVED COMPLEX MIXTURE; WEATHERING;

ALKANES; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ELECTRONS; FLAME IONIZATION; HYDROCARBONS; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM; SULFATES;

EID: 84857457910     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.09.027     Document Type: Article

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