Water droplets in oil are microhabitats for microbial life

Science

Volumn 345, Issue 6197, 2014, Pages 673-676

  Meckenstock, Rainer U ^a,e   Von Netzer, Frederick ^a   Stumpp, Christine ^a   Lueders, Tillmann ^a   Himmelberg, Anne M ^a   Hertkorn, Norbert ^a   Schmitt Kopplin, Philipp ^a   Harir, Mourad ^a   Hosein, Riad ^b   Haque, Shirin ^b   Schulze Makuch, Dirk ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL; SEA WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; WATER DROPLETS; PETROLEUM;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOME; HYDROCARBON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROHABITAT; OIL; RESERVOIR; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSITION ZONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGENATION; ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIFE; METHANOGEN; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL LIFE; MICROBIOME; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LAKES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIOTA; PETROLEUM; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84905924699     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1252215     Document Type: Article

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