Diverse sulfate-reducing bacteria of the Desulfosarcina/Desulfococcus clade are the key alkane degraders at marine seeps

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2029-2044

  Kleindienst, Sara ^a,e   Herbst, Florian Alexander ^b   Stagars, Marion ^a   Von Netzer, Frederick ^c   Von Bergen, Martin ^b   Seifert, Jana ^b,f   Peplies, Jörg ^d   Amann, Rudolf ^a   Musat, Florin ^a,b   Lueders, Tillmann ^c   Knittel, Katrin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d RIBOCON GMBH   (Germany)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

alkane oxidation; cold seep; masD; oil degradation; stable isotope probing

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OIL SPILL; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

GUAYMAS BASIN; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACTERACEAE;

ALKANE; BUTANE; HYDROCARBON; N-DODECANE; SEA WATER; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

ALKANES; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BUTANES; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SULFATES; SULFIDES;

EID: 84906051858     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.51     Document Type: Article

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