Metagenome reveals potential microbial degradation of hydrocarbon coupled with sulfate reduction in an oil-immersed chimney from Guaymas Basin

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  He, Ying ^a,b   Xiao, Xiang ^a,b   Wang, Fengping ^a,b  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Chimney; Deep sea; Guaymas; Hydrocarbon; Hydrothermal vent; Metagenome; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ETHYLBENZENE; HYDROCARBON; ORTHO XYLENE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; TOLUENE;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHIMNEY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC ANALYSIS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA EXTRACTION; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENE TRANSFER; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OIL IMMERSED CHIMNEY; PHYLOGENY; PYROSEQUENCING; REDUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84884258965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00148     Document Type: Article

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