Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols

Activities and Phenotypes

244 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This Volume features protocols for investigating the hydrocarbon- and lipid-specific activities of microbes. They include methods for studying chemotaxis, the colonisation of hydrocarbon surfaces, hydrocarbon uptake, respiration, nitrogen fixation, sulphate reduction, membrane stabilisation through cis-trans isomerisation of membrane fatty acids, and the production of biosurfactants and biopolymers in response to the presence of hydrocarbons. A protocol for studying the ability of microbes to control the concentration of hydrocarbons in their aqueous environment is also described, and phenotyping methods to reveal microbes’ more general metabolic activities are presented. Several protocols for investigating acid production in connection with oil souring and biocorrosion by microbes in oil well, oil transportation and storage settings are presented. Lastly, protocols for measuring methanogenesis, as an example of microbial hydrocarbon production, are described.

• Reihe: Springer Protocols Handbooks
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Biologie, Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie (nicht-medizinisch)
• ISBN: 9783662491386
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.11.2016
• Größe: 25.4 x 17.8 cm
• Verlag: Springer Berlin
• Herausgegeben von: Terry J. McGenity, Kenneth N. Timmis, Balbina Nogales