Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria and the bacterial community response in gulf of Mexico beach sands impacted by the deepwater horizon oil spill.

Kostka, Joel E

Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria and the bacterial community response in gulf of Mexico beach sands impacted by the deepwater horizon oil spill. [electronic resource] - Applied and environmental microbiology Nov 2011 - 7962-74 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

1098-5336

10.1128/AEM.05402-11 doi


Bacteria--classification
Biodiversity
Biotransformation
Cluster Analysis
DNA, Bacterial--chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal--chemistry
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Hydrocarbons--metabolism
Petroleum Pollution
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S--genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Soil Microbiology