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Microorganism-Hydrophobic Compound Interactions

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Cellular Ecophysiology of Microbe

Part of the book series: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology ((HHLM))

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The low solubility and high hydrophobicity of hydrocarbons means that they sorb to various solids and nonaqueous-phase liquids (NAPLs), obliging hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms to physically interact with these phases. This has various implications for the physicochemical characteristics of these microbes, their modes of hydrocarbon uptake, and their behavioral and physiological strategies aimed at promoting such interactions.

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This work contributes to the research topic Chemicals in the Environment (CITE) within the research program Terrestrial Environment of the Helmholtz Association.

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    Lukas Y. Wick & Hauke Harms

  2. Institute for Environmental Research (Biology 5), RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Kilian E.C. Smith

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Wick, L.Y., Harms, H., Smith, K.E. (2017). Microorganism-Hydrophobic Compound Interactions. In: Krell, T. (eds) Cellular Ecophysiology of Microbe. Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20796-4_40-1

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