Biogenesis of Hydrocarbons

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stams, Alfons J. M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sousa, Diana Z. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology
• Subjects: Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Microbial ecology.; Microbiology.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Biochemistry.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.; Microbial Ecology.; Applied Microbiology.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Biochemistry, general.

The book covers the microbiological, environmental and biotechnological aspects of alkane production. Alkanes are important energy-rich compounds on earth. Microbial synthesis of methane and other alkanes is an essential part of the geochemical cycling of carbon and offers perspectives for our bioba...