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.

         

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.-