Anaerobic biodegradation of crude oil under sulphate-reducing conditions leads to only modest enrichment of recognized sulphate-reducing taxa

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-113

  Sherry, A ^a   Gray, N D ^a   Ditchfield, A K ^a,c   Aitken, C M ^a   Jones, D M ^a   Roling W F M ^a,d   Hallmann, C ^a,e,f   Larter, S R ^b   Bowler, B F J ^a   Head, I M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic microcosms; Biodegradation; Crude oil; N alkanes; Sulphate reducing microorganisms (SRM); Sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC MICROCOSMS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; N-ALKANES; SULPHATE-REDUCING MICROORGANISMS (SRM); SULPHATE-REDUCTION;

BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; GENES; LIBRARIES; MICROORGANISMS; PARAFFINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALKANE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; DATA SET; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; INOCULATION; MICROCOSM; MOLYBDATE GROUP; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLAND; NORTH SEA; TYNE RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBACTERIUM; DESULFOBULBUS; DESULFOSPOROMUSA; DESULFOSPOROSINUS; DESULFOTOMACULUM; DESULFOVIBRIO; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MARINOBACTERIUM; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCACEAE; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84876744053     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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