Bacteria from hydrocarbon seep areas growing on short-chain alkanes

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作者：

Muyzer, Gerard ^{[1
]}

van der Kraan, Geert M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Delft Univ Technol, Dept Biotechnol, NL-2628 BC Delft, Netherlands

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TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY | 2008年 / 16卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1016/j.tim.2008.01.004

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 [生物化学与分子生物学]; 081704 [应用化学];

摘要：

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.

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