Hydrocarbon biodegradation in intertidal wetland sediments

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-54

  McGenity, Terry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CRUDE OIL; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROCARBONS; MICROORGANISMS; WETLANDS;

BIODEGRADATION PATHWAYS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION; INTERTIDAL WETLAND; MULTI-SPECIES; OXYGENATED PRODUCTS; SALT MARSHES; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BIODEGRADATION;

HYDROCARBON; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM; RNA 16S;

ALCANIVORAX; ALCANIVORAX BORKUMENSIS; ALCANIVORAX DIESELOLEI; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBOXYLATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MANGROVE; MARINOBACTER; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; OIL SPILL; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHOTOTROPHY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA GENE; SALT MARSH; SEDIMENT; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; WEATHERING; WETLAND;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FREE RADICALS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

EID: 84887569191     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.10.010     Document Type: Review

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