Diversity of benzylsuccinate synthase-like (bssA) genes in hydrocarbon-polluted marine sediments suggests substrate-dependent clustering

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3667-3676

  Acosta González, Alejandro ^a   Rosselló Móra, Ramon ^b   Marqués, Silvia ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; BENZYLSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON DEGRADERS; PHYLOGENETIC RECONSTRUCTION; PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TERRESTRIAL SEQUENCES;

BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; HYDROCARBONS; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION DETECTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

GENES;

BENZYLSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; HYDROCARBON; LYASE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GENE; HYDROCARBON; MARINE SEDIMENT; NATIONAL PARK; PERSISTENCE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUBSTRATE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OIL SPILL; PHYLOGENY; POLLUTANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SPAIN;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ASSA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84878549612     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03934-12     Document Type: Article

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