Taxonomy, Genomics and Ecophysiology of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Microbes (Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology)

McGenity, Terry J. (EDT)

Springer Nature Switzerland AG（2019/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 382 p.
• 商品コード 9783030147952

Full Description

This book provides comprehensive, authoritative descriptions of the microbes involved in cleaning up oil spills and degrading climate-altering hydrocarbons such as methane, and has detailed discussions about the taxonomy, ecology, genomics, physiology and global significance of these hydrocarbon-degrading microbes.

         

Contents

Prokaryotic Hydrocarbon Degraders.- Aerobic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Archaea.- Eukaryotic Hydrocarbon Degraders.- Aerobic Hydrocarbon-degrading Bacteroidetes.- Aerobic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Alphaproteobacteria: Rhodobacteraceae (Roseobacter).- Aerobic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Alphaproteobacteria: Sphingomonadales.- Hydrocarbon Degradation by Betaproteobacteria.- Marine, Aerobic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Gammaproteobacteria: Overview.- Aerobic Hydrocarbon-degrading Gammaproteobacteria - Oleiphilaceae .- Marine, Aerobic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Gammaproteobacteria: The Family Alcanivoracaceae.- Aerobic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Gammaproteobacteria: Porticoccus.- Aerobic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Gammaproteobacteria: Xanthomonadales.- Anaerobic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Deltaproteobacteria.- The Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria (Methanotrophs).- Facultative Methane Oxidizers.- Hormoconis resinae, The Kerosene Fungus.- Global Consequences of Ubiquitous Hydrocarbon Utilizers.- Occurrence and Roles of the Obligate Hydrocarbonoclastic Bacteria in the Ocean When There Is No Obvious Hydrocarbon Contamination.- Hydrocarbon-Degrading Microbes as Sources of New Biocatalysts.-