The rise and fall of methanotrophy following a deepwater oil-well blowout

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 423-427

  Crespo Medina, M ^a   Meile, C D ^a   Hunter, K S ^a   Diercks, A R ^b   Asper, V L ^b   Orphan, V J ^c   Tavormina, P L ^c   Nigro, L M ^d   Battles, J J ^a   Chanton, J P ^e   Shiller, A M ^b   Joung, D J ^b   Amon, R M W ^f   Bracco, A ^g   Montoya, J P ^g   Villareal, T A ^h   Wood, A M ⁱ   Joye, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

ⁱ ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BLOWOUT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; METHANOTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OIL SPILL; OIL WELL; OXIDATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84901716046     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2156     Document Type: Article

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