Composition and dynamics of biostimulated indigenous oil-degrading microbial consortia from the Irish, North and Mediterranean Seas: A mesocosm study

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 520-536

  Gertler, Christoph ^a   Näther, Daniela J ^b,c   Cappello, Simone ^d   Gerdts, Gunnar ^e   Quilliam, Richard S ^a   Yakimov, Michail M ^d   Golyshin, Peter N ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcanivorax borkumensis; Biostimulation; Marine biodegradation; Obligate hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MESOCOSM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PROTOZOAN; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALCANIVORAXACEAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUKARYOTE; EUROPE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH SEA; PHYLOGENY; SEA;

ALCANIVORACEAE; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; NORTH SEA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH SEA;

ALCANIVORAX; ALCANIVORAX BORKUMENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84864582142     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01377.x     Document Type: Article

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