Microbial diversity, community composition and metabolic potential in hydrocarbon contaminated oily sludge: Prospects for in situ bioremediation

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7369-7389

  Das, Ranjit ^a   Kazy, Sufia K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Bioremediation; Diversity; Hydrocarbon; mcrA gene; Microbial community; Oily sludge

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HYDROCARBON; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OIL FIELD; SLUDGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; AEROCOCCUS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BRACHYBACTERIUM; CRENARCHAEOTA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; LENTISPHAERAE; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOCULLEUS; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROCOCCUS; PAENIBACILLUS; PSEUDOCLAVIBACTER; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOXANTHOMONAS; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES; THERMOPROTEI; UNCLASSIFIED BACTERIA;

HYDROCARBON; METAL; RNA 16S; SEWAGE;

ANALYSIS; ARCHAEON; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; INDIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OIL SPILL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS; INDIA; METALS; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE;

EID: 84902532665     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2640-2     Document Type: Article

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