Natural oil slicks fuel surface water microbial activities in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Ziervogel, Kai ^a   D'souza, Nigel ^b   Sweet, Julia ^c   Yan, Beizhan ^b   Passow, Uta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Enzyme activities; GC600; Gulf of Mexico; Oil slick; Oil snow; TEP

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSIDASE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PEPTIDASE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON CYCLING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; MARINE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NATURAL OIL SLICK; NONHUMAN; OIL FIELD; SEA POLLUTION;

EID: 84904907498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00188     Document Type: Article

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