Microbial transformation of the deepwater horizon oil spill-past, present, and future perspectives

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Kimes, Nikole E ^a,d   Callaghan, Amy V ^b   Suflita, Joseph M ^b   Morris, Pamela J ^c  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic hydrocarbon degradation; Anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation; Deepwater horizon; Gulf of Mexico; Microbial degradation of hydrocarbons; Microbial response to oil spill; Oxyhydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKENE; FUMARIC ACID; HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RNA 16S; SURFACE WATER;

CARBOXYLATION; COASTAL WATERS; DEEP SEA; DEEPWATER HORIZON BLOWOUT; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROCOSM; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PHYLOGENY; PYROSEQUENCING; REVIEW; SANDY SOIL; SEDIMENT;

EID: 84975789474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00603     Document Type: Review

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