Benzene and Naphthalene Degrading Bacterial Communities in an Oil Sands Tailings Pond

Benzene and Naphthalene Degrading Bacterial Communities in an Oil Sands Tailings Pond

Oil sands process-affected water (OSPW), produced by surface-mining of oil sands in Canada, is alkaline and contains high concentrations of salts, metals, naphthenic acids, and polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs). Residual hydrocarbon biodegradation occurs naturally, but little is known about the h...

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Main Authors: Fauziah F. Rochman, Andriy Sheremet, Ivica Tamas, Alireza Saidi-Mehrabad, Joong-Jae Kim, Xiaoli Dong, Christoph W. Sensen, Lisa M. Gieg, Peter F. Dunfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
oil sands
tailings pond
hydrocarbon degradation
benzene
naphthalene
metagenomics
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01845/full

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