Rapid degradation of deepwater horizon spilled oil by indigenous microbial communities in louisiana saltmarsh sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 13303-13312

  Mahmoudi, Nagissa ^a   Porter, Teresita M ^a   Zimmerman, Andrew R ^b   Fulthorpe, Roberta R ^c   Kasozi, Gabriel N ^b,e   Silliman, Brian R ^d   Slater, Greg F ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d University of Florida   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILLS; MICROBIAL BIODEGRADATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; MICROORGANISMS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; OIL SPILLS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CARBON; CARBON 14; DNA; FATTY ACID; HYDROCARBON; LIPID; PETROLEUM;

BIODEGRADATION; COASTAL EROSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OIL SPILL; SALTMARSH;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACILLI; BACTEROIDETES; CARBON SOURCE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRENARCHAEOTA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GULF OF MEXICO; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SPILL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTERALES; SEA POLLUTION; SPHINGOMONADALES; UNITED STATES; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; HISTORY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WETLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARATARIA BAY; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATTY ACIDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; LOUISIANA; MICROBIOTA; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84889876154     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4036072     Document Type: Article

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