… from the water column in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Phylogenetic analysis revealed
that … northern Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The hydrocarbon-degrading …

… degradation, such as benA, benB, benC, catA, catB, and catC; and five alkB genes related to
alkane degradation. … , including the aerobic degradation of recalcitrant organic compounds …

… Deep Southwest Gulf, Perdido Fold Belt (Northwest Gulf)… degradation of hydrocarbons,
such as AlkB (alkane hydroxylase) and CYP153 (cytochrome P53) for the degradation of alkanes …

… spring in southwestern Oklahoma, gaseous alkanes (methane, … microbiota to degrade
short-chain alkanes under sulfate-… for the anaerobic degradation of short-chain alkanes, and …

… hydrocarbons from Tertiary reservoirs of the southwest Gulf Coast Basin are likely sourced
… iso-alkanes are degraded by biodegradation, the percentage of cycloalkanes and aromatics …

… development both in the north and southwestern regions. Fossil hydrocarbons compounds
… Members of these groups can degrade short chain alkanes under strictly anoxic conditions …

… -C 36 n-alkanes, with total n-alkane concentrations varying … , with total n-alkane concentrations
progressively increasing … Both sites were characterized by a clear increase in n-alkane …

… for this study, our information on the alkane-degrading microorganisms of the deep sea is …
lead to isolation of new alkane-degrading microorganisms having novel biomolecules with …

… and cycloalkanes during unmitigated flow likely supported the growth of alkane-degrading …
flow revealed alkane degradation was the dominant hydrocarbon-degrading pathway …

… blocks in shallow and deep water in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico (swGoM), from which
… structure is particularly enriched with hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria in the shallow zone, …