Life in the slow lane; biogeochemistry of biodegraded petroleum containing reservoirs and implications for energy recovery and carbon management

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Head, Ian M ^a   Gray, Neil D ^a   Larter, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBON MANAGEMENT; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METHANOGENIC FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY;

EID: 84926616025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00566     Document Type: Article

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