Overview
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Alfons J.M. Stams
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Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, HB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Diana Sousa
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Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Covers the microbiological, environmental and biotechnological aspects of alkane production
- Addresses diverse types of microbes forming methane, other alkanes, and oil components
- Enriches understanding of microbial alkane production
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Table of contents (19 entries)
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- Steven Brown, Josh Loh, Stephen J. Aves, Thomas P. Howard
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- Nayaret Acosta, Jo De Vrieze
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- Carsten J. Schubert, Bernhard Wehrli
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- Serina L. Robinson, Lawrence P. Wackett
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- Alfons J. M. Stams, Bas Teusink, Diana Z. Sousa
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- Tori Hoehler, Nathaniel A. Losey, Robert P. Gunsalus, Michael J. McInerney
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- Tristan Wagner, Tomohiro Watanabe, Seigo Shima
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- Bernhard Schink, Michael J. McInerney, Tori Hoehler, Robert P. Gunsalus
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- Xiuzhu Dong, Jianqing Tian, Lei Qi, Lingyan Li
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- Christian Schöne, Michael Rother
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- O. R. Kotsyurbenko, M. V. Glagolev, A. Y. Merkel, A. F. Sabrekov, I. E. Terentieva
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- Terry J. McGenity, Dimitry Y. Sorokin
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- Jessica R. Sieber, Michael J. McInerney, Nicolai Müller, Bernhard Schink, Rob P. Gunsalus, Caroline M. Plugge
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- Ana Rita Castro, Ana Júlia Cavaleiro, Maria Alcina Pereira
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- Mina Bižić-Ionescu, Danny Ionescu, Marco Günthel, Kam W. Tang, Hans-Peter Grossart
About this book
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 biobased economy. This book discusses different aspects of current knowledge of microbial alkane production. Chapters with state of the art information are written by renowned scientists in the field.
The chapters are organised into four themed parts:
1. Biochemistry of Biogenesis - Hydrocarbons
2. Taxonomy, Ecophysiology and Genomics of Biogenesis - Hydrocarbons
3. Biogenic Communities: Members, Functional Roles
4. Global Consequences of Methane Production
Editors and Affiliations
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Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, HB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Alfons J.M. Stams
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Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Diana Sousa
About the editors
Alfons J.M. Stams studied Molecular Sciences at Wageningen University and obtained his PhD degree in 1985 at the University of Groningen. He has more than 30 years of experience with physiological and biochemical studies on strict anaerobic microbes that play a role in environmental biotechnological processes. The research subjects include: obligate syntrophic communities of bacteria and archaea, one-carbon metabolism of strict anaerobes, sulfate and sulfur reduction and microbial perchlorate reduction. His research has resulted in the isolation and description of a large number of novel anaerobes. In 2012 he obtained an advanced ERC grant and in 2013 a prestigious Gravity grant. He is editor of Applied and Environmental Microbiology and of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
Diana Z. Sousa obtained her PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Minho, Portugal, 2007. Her main research interests are the physiology and functional genomics of anaerobic conversion of one-carbon compounds and biotechnological applications of synthetic anaerobic microbial networks for the production of chemical building blocks. She is currently Assistant Professor at the Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
