Anaerobic hydrocarbon and fatty acid metabolism by syntrophic bacteria and their impact on carbon steel corrosion

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Lyles, Christopher N ^a   Le, Huynh M ^a   Beasley, William Howard ^b   McInerney, Michael J ^a   Suflita, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Howard Live Oak LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocorrosion; Fatty acid oxidation; Hydrocarbon degradation; Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC); Syntrophy

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; METAL; SEA WATER; STEEL; SULFATE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DESULFOGLAEBA ALKANEXEDENS; DESULFOVIBRIO; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANOSPIRILLUM HUNGATEI; MICROBIAL CORROSION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PH; SYNTROPHUS ACIDITROPHICUS;

EID: 84899690511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00114     Document Type: Article

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