Evaluating bacterial community structures in oil collected from the sea surface and sediment in the northern Gulf of Mexico after the deepwater horizon oil spill
Evaluating bacterial community structures in oil collected from the sea surface and sediment in the northern Gulf of Mexico after the deepwater horizon oil spill
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DOI:
10.1002/mbo3.117
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发表时间:
2013-08-12
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影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Liu, Jiqing
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作者:
Liu, Zhanfei;Liu, Jiqing
Bacterial community structures were evaluated in oil samples using culture‐independent pyrosequencing, including oil mousses collected on sea surface and salt marshes during theDeepwater Horizonoil spill, and oil deposited in sediments adjacent to the wellhead 1 year after the spill. Phylogenetic analysis suggested thatErythrobacter,Rhodovulum,Stappia,andThalassospiraofAlphaproteobacteriawere the prevailing groups in the oil mousses, which may relate to high temperatures and strong irradiance in surface Gulf waters. In the mousse collected from the leaves ofSpartina alterniflora,VibrioofGammaproteobacteriarepresented 57% of the total operational taxonomic units, suggesting that this indigenous genus is particularly responsive to the oil contamination in salt marshes. The bacterial communities in oil‐contaminated sediments were highly diversified. The relatively high abundance of theMethylococcus,Methylobacter,Actinobacteria,Firmicutes, andChlorofexibacteria resembles those found in certain cold‐seep sediments with gas hydrates. Bacterial communities in the overlying water of the oil‐contaminated sediment were dominated byRalstoniaofBetaproteobacteria, which can degrade small aromatics, andSaccharophagus degradansofGammaproteobacteria, a cellulose degrader, suggesting that overlying water was affected by the oil‐contaminated sediments, possibly due to the dissolution of small aromatics and biosurfactants produced during biodegradation. Overall, these results provided key information needed to evaluate oil degradation in the region and develop future bioremediation strategies.
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
Liu, Zhanfei;Liu, Jiqing
通讯作者:
Liu, Jiqing