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Water droplets in oil are microhabitats for microbial life

Published:2014-08-08 Issue:6197 Volume:345 Page:673-676
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Meckenstock Rainer U.¹,von Netzer Frederick¹,Stumpp Christine¹,Lueders Tillmann¹,Himmelberg Anne M.¹,Hertkorn Norbert²,Schmitt-Kopplin Philipp²,Harir Mourad²,Hosein Riad³,Haque Shirin⁴,Schulze-Makuch Dirk⁵⁶

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.

2. Research Unit Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.

3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.

4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.

5. School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.

6. Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Technical University Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany.

Abstract

Microbial life thrives in an oily bubble Microorganisms can break down hydrocarbons in oil reservoirs. Microbes grow primarily at the interface between oil and water, where they can find nutrients and dispose of metabolites. Meckenstock et al. now show that tiny water droplets can also provide a suitable home for hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms. The authors examined oil from Pitch Lake, Trinidad and Tobago, and found that diverse microorganisms thrived in these tiny isolated microhabitats. Science , this issue p. 673

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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