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Anaerobic biodegradation of saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons.
Friedrich Widdel,Ralf Rabus +1 more
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Saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons are wide-spread in the authors' environment and for many decades were thought to undergo biodegradation only in the presence of free oxygen, but during the past decade, an increasing number of microorganisms have been detected that degradation under strictly anoxic conditions.About:
This article is published in Current Opinion in Biotechnology.The article was published on 2001-06-01. It has received 657 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Microbial biodegradation & Biodegradation.read more
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Recent Advances in Petroleum Microbiology
TL;DR: The physiological responses of microorganisms to the presence of hydrocarbons, including cell surface alterations and adaptive mechanisms for uptake and efflux of these substrates, have been characterized and used to investigate the dynamics of microbial communities in petroleum-impacted ecosystems.
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Biological activity in the deep subsurface and the origin of heavy oil
TL;DR: Most of the world's oil was biodegraded under anaerobic conditions, with methane, a valuable commodity, often being a major by-product, which suggests alternative approaches to recovering the world' vast heavy oil resource that otherwise will remain largely unproduced.
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Marine microorganisms make a meal of oil
TL;DR: That the globe is not swamped with oil is testament to the efficiency and versatility of the networks of microorganisms that degrade hydrocarbons, some of which have recently begun to reveal the secrets of when and how they exploit Hydrocarbons as a source of carbon and energy.
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Microbial degradation of aromatic compounds — from one strategy to four
TL;DR: These strategies are based on different ring activation mechanisms that consist of either formation of a non-aromatic ring-epoxide under oxic conditions, or reduction of the aromatic ring under anoxic conditions using one of two completely different systems.
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Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons.
TL;DR: An overview about bioremediation for petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants and explanation about hydrocarbon metabolism in microorganisms are provided with a special focus on new insights obtained during past couple of years.
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Petroleum Formation and Occurrence
TL;DR: The early transformation of organic matter from organisms to geochemical fossils and Kerogen has been studied in the literature as mentioned in this paper, with a focus on the migration and accumulation of oil and gas.
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A marine microbial consortium apparently mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane
Antje Boetius,Katrin Ravenschlag,Carsten J. Schubert,Dirk Rickert,Friedrich Widdel,Armin Gieseke,Rudolf Amann,Bo Barker Jørgensen,Ursula Witte,Olaf Pfannkuche +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide microscopic evidence for a structured consortium of archaea and sulphate-reducing bacteria, which are identified by fluorescence in situ hybridization using specific 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes.
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Activation of c-h bonds by metal complexes
A. E. Shilov,Georgiy B. Shul'pin +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the same alkylhydridoplatinum(IV) complex is the intermediate in the reaction of ethane with platinum(II) σ-complexes.
Biology of anaerobic microorganisms
TL;DR: The Principles and Limits of Anaerobic Degradation: Environmental and Technological Aspects (B. Vogels, et al.) are published.
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Methane-consuming archaebacteria in marine sediments
TL;DR: Studies of sediments related to a decomposing methane hydrate provide strong evidence that methane is being consumed by archaebacteria that are phylogenetically distinct from known methanogens.