Oil Biodegradation and Oil-Degrading Microbial Populations in Marsh Sediments Impacted by Oil from the Deepwater Horizon Well Blowout

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 8356-8366

  Atlas, Ronald M ^a   Stoeckel, Donald M ^b   Faith, Seth A ^b,c   Minard Smith, Angela ^b   Thorn, Jonathan R ^b   Benotti, Mark J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BLOWOUTS; HYDROCARBONS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

ECOLOGICAL RECOVERIES; HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; SATURATED HYDROCARBONS;

BIODEGRADATION;

HYDROCARBON; OIL; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

ABUNDANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BLOWOUT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MARSH; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OIL POLLUTION; SHORELINE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DESULFOCOCCUS OLEOVORANS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; MARSH; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROORGANISM; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM VANBAALENII; NONHUMAN; OIL FIELD; OIL SPILL; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WEATHERING; ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; LOUISIANA; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSIOLOGY; WETLAND;

BARATARIA BAY; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; DESULFOCOCCUS; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; MYCOBACTERIUM VANBAALENII;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; LOUISIANA; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WETLANDS;

EID: 84937469014     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00413     Document Type: Article

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