Hydrocarbon footprints in the environment, via biosynthesis, natural seepage,
anthropogenic activities and accidents, affect the ecosystem and induce a shift in the healthy …

The alkane monooxygenase AlkB, which is encoded by the alkB gene, is a key enzyme
involved in bacterial alkane degradation. To study the alkB gene within bacterial …

Sequence and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analyses
revealed multiple alkB gene copies/cell in soil bacterial isolates and an apparently high …

Aims: A molecular tool for extensive detection of prokaryotic alkane hydroxylase genes
(alkB) was developed. AlkB genotypes involved in the degradation of short‐chain alkanes …

Summary The marine γ‐Proteobacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis is highly specialized in
the assimilation of aliphatic hydrocarbons, and makes up a large part of the biomass in oil …

Fifty‐four bacterial strains belonging to 37 species were tested for their ability to assimilate
short chain and/or medium chain liquid n‐alkanes. A gene probe derived from the alkB gene …

AlkB and CYP153 are important alkane hydroxylases responsible for aerobic alkane
degradation in bioremediation of oil-polluted environments and microbial enhanced oil …

Unraveling functional genes related to biodegradation of organic compounds has
profoundly improved our understanding of biological remediation processes, yet the ecology …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains that grow on crude oil as the sole source of carbon and
energy were isolated from an environment in Morocco polluted by petroleum refinery …

The accumulation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the environment substantially endangers
terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Many microbial strains have been recognized to utilize …