Alkane Biodegradation Genes from Chronically Polluted Subantarctic Coastal Sediments and Their Shifts in Response to Oil Exposure

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 605-616

  Guibert, Lilian M ^a   Loviso, Claudia L ^a   Marcos, Magalí S ^a   Commendatore, Marta G ^a   Dionisi, Hebe M ^a   Lozada, Mariana ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIZIONIA; GILLISIA; OLEISPIRA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THALASSOSPIRA;

EID: 84866734686     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0051-9     Document Type: Article

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