Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons: Catabolic genes, microbial communities, and applications

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4781-4794

  Fuentes, Sebastián ^a   Méndez, Valentina ^a   Aguila, Patricia ^a   Seeger, Michael ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioremediation; Catabolic genes; Hydrocarbon; Microbial community; Petroleum

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CRUDE OIL; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOIL POLLUTION;

CATABOLIC GENES; COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE MONOOXYGENASE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DIOXYGENASE; HYDROCARBON; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; PETROLEUM; POLLUTANT;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CATABOLISM; CLEANUP; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOREMEDIATION; FIRMICUTES; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SHORT SURVEY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; FUNGI; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FUNGI; HYDROCARBONS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PETROLEUM;

EID: 84901687020     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5684-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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