Biodegradation of crude oil from the BP oil spill in the marsh sediments of southeast Louisiana, USA

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1560-1568

  Boopathy, Raj ^a   Shields, Sara ^b   Nunna, Siva ^a  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; Electron acceptors; Food chain; Oil spill; Petroleum hydrocarbon

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC PROCESS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BIOREMEDIATION; ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; BIOSTIMULATION; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; COASTAL LOUISIANA; CONTAMINATED SITES; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DEEPWATER; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON-ACCEPTING; ENHANCED BIODEGRADATION; FERMENTING BACTERIA; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRIES; IN-SITU; LOUISIANA; LOUISIANA , USA; MARSH SEDIMENTS; MICROBIAL PROCESS; MICROBIAL SYSTEM; NITRATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; NITRATE-REDUCING CONDITIONS; OIL DEGRADATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; SULFATE REDUCING; WATER COLUMNS;

BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CRUDE OIL; DEGRADATION; DRILLING PLATFORMS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; OIL SPILLS; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

BIODEGRADATION;

GROUND WATER; HYDROCARBON; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM; SULFATE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROBIC FERMENTATION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSTIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; ELECTRON; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHING; FOOD INDUSTRY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SPILL; OXYGEN SUPPLY; SEA FOOD; SEDIMENT; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOURISM; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LOUISIANA; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WETLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866415799     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: 15590291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-012-9603-1     Document Type: Article

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