Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols Meso- and Microcosms - McGenity, Terry J.; Timmis, Kenneth N.; Nogales, Balbina; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017)
Introduction -- Preparing the hydrocarbon / crude oil -- High pressure cultivation of hydrocarbonoclastic aerobic bacteria -- In vitro high pressure incubation and activity measurement of deep-sea, methanogenic archaea -- Bioreactor design to emulate deep-sea hydrocarbon releases including formation of gas hydrates -- Mudflat benthic spill simulations -- Protocols for subtidal and deep sea benthic oil spill simulations -- Simulation of anoxic/oxic oscillations in crude oil-degrading bioreactors -- Protocols for microcosms for growing biofilms on hydrophobic substrates - a polyphasic approach to study biodiversity, metabolic activity and biofilm architecture -- Application of micro- and mesocosms experiments to pollutant effects in biofilms -- Mini sediment columns and two-dimensional sediment flow-through microcosms - versatile model systems for studying biodegradation of organic contaminants in groundwater ecosystems.
Keywords: Microbiology; Biochemical engineering; Microbiology; Biochemical Engineering