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Hydrocarbon-degrading potential of microbial communities from Arctic plants

  1. O. Ferrera-Rodríguez1,6,
  2. C.W. Greer2,
  3. D. Juck3,
  4. L.L. Consaul4,
  5. E. Martínez-Romero5,
  6. L.G. Whyte1,*

Article first published online: 12 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1111/jam.12020

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Journal of Applied Microbiology

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volume 114, Issue 1, pages 71–83, January 2013

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Ferrera-Rodríguez, O., Greer, C.W., Juck, D., Consaul, L.L., Martínez-Romero, E. and Whyte, L.G. (2013), Hydrocarbon-degrading potential of microbial communities from Arctic plants. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 114: 71–83. doi: 10.1111/jam.12020

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  1. 1

    Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

  2. 2

    National Research Council Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada

  3. 3

    Environmental Microbiology, Biotechnology Research Institute of the National Research Council Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada

  4. 4

    Life Sciences (Botany), Research Services, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, ON, Canada

  5. 5

    Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, UNAM Campus Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

  6. 6

    Área de Microbiología, Postgrado de Edafología, Colegio de Postgraduados en Ciencias Agrícolas, Montecillo, Estado de México, México

* Correspondence
Lyle G. Whyte, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald Stewart Building, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Montreal, QC H9X 3V9, Canada. E-mail: lyle.whyte@mcgill.ca

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 12 OCT 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 17 SEP 2012 09:26PM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 7 SEP 2012
  5. Manuscript Revised: 28 AUG 2012
  6. Manuscript Received: 15 JUN 2012

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