Role of methylotrophs in the degradation of hydrocarbons during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2543-2545

  Gutierrez, Tony ^a,b   Aitken, Michael D ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Deepwater Horizon; Degradation; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrocarbons; Marine environment; Methylophaga

Indexed keywords

METHYLOPHAGA;

HYDROCARBON; METHANE; SEA WATER;

CLASSIFICATION; GULF OF MEXICO; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OIL SPILL; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE;

GULF OF MEXICO; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE; SEAWATER;

EID: 84926223958     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.88     Document Type: Article

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