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High diversity of anaerobic alkane-degrading microbial communities in marine seep sediments based on (1-methylalkyl)succinate synthase genes

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Alkanes comprise a substantial fraction of crude oil and are prevalent at marine seeps. These environments are typically anoxic and host diverse microbial communities that grow on alkanes.
Marion H. Stagars, S. Emil Ruff, Rudolf eAmann, Katrin eKnittel   +3 more
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Strength of Alkane–Fluid Attraction Determines the Interfacial Orientation of Liquid Alkanes and Their Crystallization through Heterogeneous or Homogeneous Mechanisms

Crystals, 2017
Alkanes are important building blocks of organics, polymers and biomolecules. The conditions that lead to ordering of alkanes at interfaces, and whether interfacial ordering of the molecules leads to heterogeneous crystal nucleation of alkanes or surface
Yuqing Qiu, Valeria Molinero
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Interfacial Polymerization at the Alkane/Ionic Liquid Interface

Angewandte Chemie, 2021
Polymerization at the liquid–liquid interface has attracted much attention for synthesizing ultrathin polymer films for molecular sieving. However, it remains a major challenge to conduct this process outside the alkane–water interface since it not only ...
Chang Liu, Jing Yang, Bian-Bian Guo, S. Agarwal, A. Greiner, Zhi‐Kang Xu   +5 more
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Synthetic Biology Approaches to Hydrocarbon Biosensors: A Review

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022
Monooxygenases are a class of enzymes that facilitate the bacterial degradation of alkanes and alkenes. The regulatory components associated with monooxygenases are nature’s own hydrocarbon sensors, and once functionally characterised, these components ...
Claudia F. Moratti, Claudia F. Moratti, Colin Scott, Nicholas V. Coleman   +3 more
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Hydrocarbon Desaturation in Cyanobacterial Thylakoid Membranes Is Linked With Acclimation to Suboptimal Growth Temperatures

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
The ability to produce medium chain length aliphatic hydrocarbons is strictly conserved in all photosynthetic cyanobacteria, but the molecular function and biological significance of these compounds still remain poorly understood.
Eerika Vuorio, Kati Thiel, Duncan Fitzpatrick, Tuomas Huokko, Jari Kämäräinen, Hariharan Dandapani, Eva-Mari Aro, Pauli Kallio   +7 more
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Low carbon strategies for sustainable bio-alkane gas production and renewable energy

Energy & Environmental Science, 2020
Strategy for bio-alkane gas (propane and butane) production through the conversion of waste volatile fatty acids by bacterial cultures.
M. Amer, E. Wojcik, Chenhao Sun, R. Hoeven, John M. X. Hughes, M. Faulkner, I. Yunus, S. Tait, L. Johannissen, S. Hardman, D. Heyes, Guoxu Chen, Michael H. Smith, Patrik R. Jones, H. Toogood, N. Scrutton   +15 more
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Effects of the Alkane on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Well-Defined Pt Surfaces

Electrochemistry, 2020
Previous study shows that tetra-n-hexylammonium cation (THA+), which is composed of one nitrogen atom and four alkyl chains, increases the activity of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on Pt(111) eight times as high as that of bare Pt(111).
Naoya WADA, Tomoaki KUMEDA, Masashi NAKAMURA, Nagahiro HOSHI   +3 more
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Degradation potential of alkanes by diverse oil-degrading bacteria from deep-sea sediments of Haima cold seep areas, South China Sea

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Marine oil spills are a significant concern worldwide, destroying the ecological environment and threatening the survival of marine life. Various oil-degrading bacteria have been widely reported in marine environments in response to marine oil pollution.
Lina Lyu, Jie Li, Jie Li, Yu Chen, Zhimao Mai, Lin Wang, Qiqi Li, Si Zhang, Si Zhang   +8 more
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Numerical investigations of C1-C3 alkanes and H2 premixed flame-wall interaction: Effectiveness of insulation wall on heat loss reduction

Journal of Thermal Science and Technology, 2020
Conjugate heat transfer analyses of premixed flames propagating toward the insulation or Al alloy wall are performed for C1 to C3 alkanes and H2 flames at different equivalence ratios of φ = 0.6, 0.8, 1.0 and 1.2 under a high pressure condition of 2MPa ...
Reo KAI, Azusa TAKAHASHI, Ryoichi KUROSE
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Ab-Initio Investigations on Hydrogen Dissociation and Cross-Linking of Hydrocarbon Chains of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Alkanes

Applied Sciences, 2022
First-principles calculations were carried out to study the structural and electronic properties of hydrocarbon chains of self-assembled monolayers with hydrogen dissociation.
Yan Zhu, Xin-Yuan Wei, Run Xu
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