Bacteria from hydrocarbon seep areas growing on short-chain alkanes
| Autor: | Gerard Muyzer, Geert M. van der Kraan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Geologic Sediments Oceans and Seas Microorganism Biology Microbiology Bacteria Anaerobic Fumarates Virology Alkanes Compounds of carbon Phylogeny Total organic carbon chemistry.chemical_classification Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria Sulfates Ecology biology.organism_classification Hydrocarbons Petroleum seep Infectious Diseases Hydrocarbon chemistry Environmental chemistry Energy source Oxidation-Reduction Bacteria |
| Zdroj: | Trends in Microbiology. 16:138-141 |
| ISSN: | 0966-842X |
| Popis: | Marine hydrocarbon seeps introduce large amounts of organic carbon into the environment. Different microorganisms inhabit these unusual environments using the hydrocarbons as an energy source. A recent paper by Kniemeyer et al. shows, for the first time, that sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from hydrocarbon seeps can oxidize short-chain hydrocarbons anaerobically. This finding is an important contribution to our understanding of the role of microbes in the recycling of chemically inactive carbon compounds. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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