Volatile hydrocarbons inhibit methanogenic crude oil degradation

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Sherry, Angela ^a   Grant, Russell J ^a,b   Aitken, Carolyn M ^a   Jones, D Martin ^a   Head, Ian M ^a   Gray, Neil D ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methanogenic; N alkanes; Non weathered oil; Oil biodegradation; Volatile hydrocarbons; Weathered oil

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; METHANE; METHYLCYCLOHEXANE; PETROLEUM; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHANOGENIC DEGRADATION; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSAETACEAE; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 84899680033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00131     Document Type: Article

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