Microbial responses to the deepwater Horizon Oil spill: From Coastal Wetlands to the Deep Sea

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 377-401

  King, G M ^a   Kostka, J E ^b   Hazen, T C ^c   Sobecky, P A ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterioplankton; Gammaproteobacteria; hydrocarbon degradation; metagenomics; methane

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; HYDROCARBONS; MARINE POLLUTION; METHANE; OIL SHALE; OIL SPILLS; WETLANDS;

BACTERIOPLANKTONS; DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILLS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO;

OIL WELLS;

BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OIL SPILL; SUCCESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

HYDROCARBON; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GULF OF MEXICO; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; OIL SPILL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDROCARBONS; METAGENOMICS; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84948614430     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010814-015543     Document Type: Article

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