DNA stable-isotope probing of oil sands tailings pond enrichment cultures reveals different key players for toluene degradation under methanogenic and sulidogenic conditions

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Laban, Nidal Abu ^a   Dao, Anh ^a   Foght, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic toluene degradation; Benzylsuccinate synthase; Fumarate addition; Methanogenesis; Sulfate reduction; Syntrophy; Tailings

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OIL SAND; OXIDATION; POND; PROBE; REDUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE; TAILINGS; TOLUENE;

CLOSTRIDIALES; DESULFOBULBACEAE; DESULFOSPOROSINUS; METHANOSAETA;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BENZYLSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; DNA; DNA PROBE; FORMATE C-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN SULFITE REDUCTASE; LYASE; METHANE; RNA 16S; SULFATE; TOLUENE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREMEDIATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENETICS; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROFLORA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OIL AND GAS FIELD; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POND; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; CLOSTRIDIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA; DNA PROBES; EURYARCHAEOTA; HYDROGENSULFITE REDUCTASE; ISOTOPE LABELING; METHANE; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROBIOTA; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PONDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFATES; TOLUENE;

EID: 84949555745     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiv039     Document Type: Article

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