Abstract:Recent studies reported that highly abundant alkane content exists in the ~11,000 m sediment of the Mariana Trench, and a few key alkane-degrading bacteria were identified in the Mariana Trench. At present, most of the studies on microbes for degrading hydrocarbons were performed mainly at atmospheric pressure (0.1 MPa) and room temperature; little is known about which microbes could be enriched with the addition of n-alkanes under in-situ environmental pressure and temperature conditions in the hadal zone. In… Show more
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