Microbial Communities Utilizing Hydrocarbons and Lipids: Members, Metagenomics and Ecophysiology

1. Anaerobic Methane Oxidizers

   • K. Knittel, G. Wegener, A. Boetius

2. Fungal Communities in Hydrocarbon Degradation

   • Francesc X. Prenafeta-Boldú, G. Sybren de Hoog, Richard C. Summerbell

3. Hydrocarbon-Degrading Microbial Communities in Natural Oil Seeps

   • Andreas Teske

4. Impact of Petroleum Contamination on Microbial Mats

   • Marisol Goñi-Urriza, Robert Duran

5. Mechanisms and Monitoring of Oil Reservoir Souring Control by Nitrate or Perchlorate Injection

   • Hans K. Carlson, Casey R. J. Hubert

6. Methanotrophy in Acidic Soils, Including Northern Peatlands

   • Tobin J. Verbeke, Svetlana N. Dedysh, Peter F. Dunfield

7. Microbial Communities in Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Desert Soils

   • Thirumahal Muthukrishnan, Raeid M. M. Abed

8. Microbial Communities in Hydrocarbon-Polluted Harbors and Marinas

   • Balbina Nogales, Rafael Bosch

9. Microbial Communities in Oil Sands Tailings: Their Implications in Biogeochemical Processes and Tailings Management

   • Tariq Siddique, Sebastian Stasik, Mohd Faidz Mohamad Shahimin, Katrin Wendt-Potthoff

10. Microbial Communities in Oil Shales, Biodegraded and Heavy Oil Reservoirs, and Bitumen Deposits

    • Lisa M. Gieg

11. Microbial Communities Responding to Deep-Sea Hydrocarbon Spills

    • Molly C. Redmond, David L. Valentine

12. Microbial Ecology of Marine Environments Chronically Polluted by Petroleum

    • Cristiana Cravo-Laureau, Robert Duran

13. Microbial Ecology of Naphthenic Acid (NA) Degradation

    • Karl Skeels, Corinne Whitby

14. Phototroph-Heterotroph Oil-Degrading Partnerships

    • Raeid M. M. Abed

15. Surface and Subsurface Coal Environments: From Environmental Formation and Chemistry to Microbial Communities

    • Christopher R. Marks, Amy V. Callaghan

This book provides comprehensive, authoritative discussions about microbial communities in environments that are rich in hydrocarbons, crude oil or lipids. It encompasses natural environments, such as tar sands, oil seeps and reservoirs, as well as habitats where methane is produced. Equally, the book deals with habitats that have been influenced by human activity, including oil-contaminated soils, aquifers, coast and seas. The book opens with a series of chapters considering the contemporary approaches used to investigate microbial communities.

• crude oil
• biodegradation
• Deepwater Horizon microorganisms
• hydrocarbon
• ecology
• microorganism
• Methanotrophs
• Oil-spill microbes
• grease biodegradation
• fat biodegradation

• University of Essex, School of Biological Sciences University of Essex, Colchester, UK

  Terry J. McGenity

Terry McGenity is a Reader at the University of Essex, UK. His PhD, investigating the microbial ecology of ancient salt deposits (University of Leicester), was followed by postdoctoral positions at the Japan Marine Science and Technology 
Centre (JAMSTEC, Yokosuka) and the Postgraduate Research Institute for Sedimentology (University of Reading).  His overarching research interest is to understand how microbial communities function and interact to influence major biogeochemical processes. He worked as a postdoc with Ken Timmis at the University of Essex, where he was inspired to investigate microbial interactions with hydrocarbons at multiple scales, from communities to cells, and as both a source of food and stress. He has broad interests in microbial ecology and diversity, particularly with respect to carbon cycling (especially the second most abundantly produced hydrocarbon in the atmosphere, isoprene), and is driven to better understand how microbes cope with,or flourish in hypersaline, desiccated and poly-extreme environments. 



He was already section editor at the first edition of this multi-volume Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology (2010),  and he is co-editor for the 17-volume Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols 2016. 

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