Diversity, distribution and hydrocarbon biodegradation capabilities of microbial communities in oil-contaminated cyanobacterial mats from a constructed wetland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Abed, Raeid M M ^a   Al Kharusi, Samiha ^a   Prigent, Stephane ^b   Headley, Tom ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Bauer Resources Constructed Wetland Competence Centre   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN; OIL; SULFATE; OXYGEN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRA; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLOROFLEXI; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIAL MAT; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; RIVULARIA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OIL SPILL; SAUDI ARABIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

AZOSPIRA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CYANOBACTERIA; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; RIVULARIA (CYANOBACTERIUM);

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFATES; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

EID: 84918591159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114570     Document Type: Article

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