Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols : Activities and Phenotypes - McGenity, Terry J.; Timmis, Kenneth N.; Nogales, Balbina; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017)
Introduction -- Protocols for the measurement of bacterial chemotaxis to hydrocarbons -- Determining the tendency of microorganisms to interact with hydrocarbon phases -- Protocols for measuring biosurfactant production in microbial cultures -- Protocol for the measurement of hydrocarbon transport in bacteria -- Bacterial solvent response and tolerance: cis-trans isomerization -- Analysis of PHB metabolism applying Tn5 mutagenesis in Ralstonia eutropha -- Phenotyping microarrays for the characterization of environmental microorganisms -- Control of the concentration of aquatic hydrocarbons by microorganisms -- Protocols for measuring methanogenesis -- Respiration rate determined by phosphorescence-based sensors -- Measuring the impact of hydrocarbons on rates of nitrogen fixation -- Protocols for measuring activity of sulphate-reducing bacteria in water injection systems -- Protocol for evaluating the biological stability of fuel formulations and their relationship to carbon steel biocorrosion -- Laboratory protocols for investigating microbial souring and potential treatments in crude oil reservoirs.
Keywords: Microbiology; Biochemical engineering; Microbiology; Biochemical Engineering