The microbial nitrogen cycling potential is impacted by polyaromatic hydrocarbon pollution of marine sediments

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Scott, Nicole M ^a,b   Hess, Matthias ^c,d   Bouskill, Nick J ^e   Mason, Olivia U ^f   Jansson, Janet K ^e   Gilbert, Jack A ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deepwater horizon oil spill; Denitrification; Marine sediments; Metagenomics; Microbial ecology; Nitrogen cycling; Oil contamination; Oil seeps

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; DATA EXTRACTION; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84897931225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00108     Document Type: Article

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