Anaerobic degradation of cyclohexane by sulfate-reducing bacteria from hydrocarbon-contaminated marine sediments

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Jaekel, Ulrike ^a   Zedelius, Johannes ^a   Wilkes, Heinz ^b   Musat, Florin ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Cyclohexane; Desulfosarcina; Marine sediments; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOHEXYLSUCCINATE; FUMARIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE LIBRARY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOCOCCUS; DESULFOSARCINA;

EID: 84927551670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00116     Document Type: Article

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