Marine microbes make a meal of oil.

I.M. Head; D.M. Jones; W.F.M. Roling

doi:10.1038/nrmicro1348

Marine microbes make a meal of oil.

I.M. Head, D.M. Jones, W.F.M. Roling

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Hundreds of millions of litres of petroleum enter the environment from both natural and anthropogenic sources every year. The input from natural marine oil seeps alone would be enough to cover all of the world's oceans in a layer of oil 20 molecules thick. That the globe is not swamped with oil is testament to the efficiency and versatility of the networks of microorganisms that degrade hydrocarbons, some of which have recently begun to reveal the secrets of when and how they exploit hydrocarbons as a source of carbon and energy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	173-182
Number of pages	10
Journal	Nature Reviews Microbiology
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1348
Publication status	Published - 2006

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