Progressive degradation of crude oil n-alkanes coupled to methane production under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Cheng, Lei ^a,b   Shi, Shengbao ^c   Li, Qiang ^b   Chen, Jianfa ^c   Zhang, Hui ^b   Lu, Yahai ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL RNA; METHANE; PETROLEUM; RIBOSOME RNA; ALKANE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CALDISERICALES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESULFOBACTERACEAE; DESULFOTOMACULUM; FIRMICUTES; GENE SEQUENCE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; METHANOGENIC DEGRADATION; METHANOSAETA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SYNERGISTETES; SYNTROPHACEAE; SYNTROPHORHABDUS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ALKANES; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84911894604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113253     Document Type: Article

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