Could petroleum biodegradation be a joint achievement of aerobic and anaerobic microrganisms in deep sea reservoirs?

AMB Express

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  da Cruz, Georgiana F ^a,c   de Vasconcellos, Suzan P ^a   Angolini, Célio F F ^a   Dellagnezze, Bruna M ^a   Garcia, Isabel N S ^a   de Oliveira, Valéria M ^a   dos Santos Neto, Eugenio V ^b   Marsaioli, Anita J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Anoxic environment; Oxic environment; Petroleum biodegradation; Petroleum biomarkers

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

ACHROMOBACTER; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BREVIBACTERIUM; DEEP SEA; DNA EXTRACTION; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MESORHIZOBIUM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84877015108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21910855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-0855-1-47     Document Type: Article

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