Microbial degradation of crude oil at high pressure

Publikationstyp
Doctoral Thesis
Publikationsdatum
2017
Sprache
English
Author
Schedler, Martina 
Advisor
Müller, Rudolf 
Referee
Schlüter, Michael 
Title Granting Institution
Technische Universität Hamburg
Place of Title Granting Institution
Hamburg
Examination Date
2016-11-22
Institut
Technische Biokatalyse V-6 
DOI
10.15480/882.1379
TORE-URI
http://tubdok.tub.tuhh.de/handle/11420/1382
Is Supplemented By
10.7266/N7930R5K
In this thesis, the effect of high pressure on the ability of bacteria to degrade crude oil components was investigated in high pressure reactors. Depending on the analysed model strain and crude oil component, bacterial growth and degradation ability were either enhanced, inhibited or not affected by high pressure. Moreover, high pressure changed the composition of crude oil-degrading bacterial communities living in deep-sea sediments. This thesis proved that pressure is a crucial factor that cannot be neglected if we want to understand biodegradation of crude oil in deep-sea environments.
Schlagworte
biodegradation
high pressure
hydrocarbons
crude oil
DDC Class
540: Chemie
More Funding Information
This thesis was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research
Initiative/C-IMAGE.
Lizenz
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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