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Densely Populated Water Droplets in Heavy-Oil Seeps

Most of the microbial degradation in oil reservoirs is believed to take place at the oil-water transition zone (OWTZ). However, a recent study indicates that there is microbial life enclosed in microliter-sized water droplets dispersed in heavy oil of Pitch Lake in Trinidad and Tobago. This life in...

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Autores principales: Pannekens, M., Voskuhl, L., Meier, A., Müller, H., Haque, S., Frösler, J., Brauer, V. S., Meckenstock, R. U.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7237766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32220837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00164-20