Anaerobic alkane biodegradation by cultures enriched from oil sands tailings ponds involves multiple species capable of fumarate addition

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Tan, Boon Fei ^a,b   Semple, Kathleen ^a   Foght, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aliphatic hydrocarbon degradation; Methanogenesis; Sulphidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON; METABOLITE; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OIL SAND; ORGANIC CARBON; POND; TAILINGS;

ASSA; CLOSTRIDIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; METHANOMICROBIACEAE; METHANOSAETACEAE; PEPTOCOCCACEAE;

2-METHYLPENTANE; 3-METHYLPENTANE; ALKANE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; FUMARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHANE; METHYLCYCLOPENTANE; PENTANE; RNA 16S; SULFATE;

BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHYLOGENY; POND;

ALKANES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CYCLOPENTANES; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EURYARCHAEOTA; FUMARATES; METHANE; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PENTANES; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PONDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFATES;

EID: 84949548321     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiv042     Document Type: Article

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