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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |