Contribution of cyanobacterial alkane production to the ocean hydrocarbon cycle

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 44, 2015, Pages 13591-13596

  Lea Smith, David J ^a   Biller, Steven J ^b   Davey, Matthew P ^a   Cotton, Charles A R ^a   Sepulveda, Blanca M Perez ^c   Turchyn, Alexandra V ^a   Scanlan, David J ^c   Smith, Alison G ^a   Chisholm, Sallie W ^b,d   Howe, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Hydrocarbon cycle; Hydrocarbon degrading bacteria; Hydrocarbons; Oil remediation

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TURNOVER TIME; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ALKANES; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOSYSTEM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PETROLEUM; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEAWATER; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84946607234     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1507274112     Document Type: Article

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