Aerobic biofilms grown from athabasca watershed sediments are inhibited by increasing concentrations of bituminous compounds

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 7398-7412

  Yergeau, Etienne ^a   Lawrence, John R ^b   Sanschagrin, Sylvie ^a   Roy, Julie L ^b   Swerhone, George D W ^b   Korber, Darren R ^c   Greera, Charles W ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOMASS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION; INHIBITORY EFFECT; PHOTOSYNTHETIC GENES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS; ROTATING BIOFILM REACTOR;

BIOMASS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; GENE EXPRESSION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

BIOFILMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTOZOAN; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA;

ASPHALT; HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOTA; DRUG EFFECT; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; RIVER;

BIOFILMS; BIOTA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HYDROCARBONS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; RIVERS;

EID: 84888255195     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02216-13     Document Type: Article

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