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Biological Process of Alkane Degradation by Gordonia sihwaniensis [PDF]
ACS Omega, 2021 With the development of the petroleum industry, oil pollution has become widespread. It is harmful to the digestive, immune, reproductive, and nervous systems of fishes, wild animals, and humans, causing severe threats to ecological safety and human health.
Yinsong Liu +3 more
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Anaerobic Degradation of Alkanes by Marine Archaea
Annual Review of Microbiology, 2022 Alkanes are saturated apolar hydrocarbons that range from their simplest form, methane, to high-molecular-weight compounds. Although alkanes were once considered biologically recalcitrant under anaerobic conditions, microbiological investigations have now identified several microbial taxa that can anaerobically degrade alkanes.
Wegener, Gunter +3 more
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Identification of active gaseous-alkane degraders at natural gas seeps [PDF]
The ISME Journal, 2022 Abstract Natural gas seeps release significant amounts of methane and other gases including ethane and propane contributing to global climate change. In this study, bacterial actively consuming short-chain alkanes were identified by cultivation, whole-genome sequencing, and stable-isotope probing (SIP)-metagenomics using 13C-propane and ...
Muhammad Farhan Ul Haque +3 more
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Degradation of Bunker C Fuel Oil by White-Rot Fungi in Sawdust Cultures Suggests Potential Applications in Bioremediation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Fungal lignocellulolytic enzymes are promising agents for oxidizing pollutants. This study investigated degradation of Number 6 "Bunker C" fuel oil compounds by the white-rot fungi Irpex lacteus, Trichaptum biforme, Phlebia radiata, Trametes versicolor ...
Darcy Young +6 more
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Degradation of alkanes by bacteria [PDF]
Environmental Microbiology, 2009 Summary Pollution of soil and water environments by crude oil has been, and is still today, an important problem. Crude oil is a complex mixture of thousands of compounds. Among them, alkanes constitute the major fraction. Alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons of different sizes and structures.
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Structural Insights into Diversity and n-Alkane Biodegradation Mechanisms of Alkane Hydroxylases
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2013 Environmental microbes utilize four degradation pathways for the oxidation of n-alkanes. Although the enzymes degrading n-alkanes in different microbes may vary, enzymes functioning in the first step in the aerobic degradation of alkanes all belong to ...
Yurui eJi +3 more
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Microbial Degradation of High-Molecular-Weight Alkanes [PDF]
Applied Microbiology, 1974 Measurements of biological O 2 demand showed that normal alkanes containing up to 44 carbon atoms were metabolized by microorganisms.
J R, Haines, M, Alexander
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Alkane inducible proteins in
BMC Microbiology, 2009 Background Initial step of β-oxidation is catalyzed by acyl-CoA dehydrogenase in prokaryotes and mitochondria, while acyl-CoA oxidase primarily functions in the peroxisomes of eukaryotes. Oxidase reaction accompanies emission of toxic by-product reactive
Kato Tomohisa +3 more
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Plant n-alkane production from litterfall altered the diversity and community structure of alkane degrading bacteria in litter layer in lowland subtropical rainforest in Taiwan [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2018 n-Alkane and alkane-degrading bacteria have long been used as crucial biological indicators of paleoecology, petroleum pollution, and oil and gas prospecting.
T.-Y. Huang +5 more
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mBio, 2019 Crude oil and gases in the seabed provide an important energy source for subsurface microorganisms. We investigated the role of archaea in the anaerobic degradation of non-methane alkanes in deep-sea oil seeps from the Gulf of Mexico.
Rafael Laso-Pérez +11 more
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