Bacterial population and biodegradation potential in chronically crude oil-contaminated marine sediments are strongly linked to temperature
- Bargiela, Rafael
- Mapelli, Francesca
- Rojo, David
- Chouaia, Bessem
- Tornés, Jesús
- Borin, Sara
- Richter, Michael
- Del Pozo, Mercedes V.
- Cappello, Simone
- Gertler, Christoph
- Genovese, María
- Denaro, Renata
- Martínez-Martínez, Mónica
- Fodelianakis, Stilianos
- Amer, Ranya A.
- Bigazzi, David
- Han, Xifang
- Chen, Jianwei
- Chernikova, Tatyana N.
- Golyshina, Olga V.
- Mahjoubi, Mouna
- Jaouanil, Atef
- Benzha, Fatima
- Magagnini, Mirko
- Hussein, Emad
- Al-Horani, Fuad
- Cherif, Ameur
- Blaghen, Mohamed
- Abdel-Fattah, Yasser R.
- Kalogerakis, Nicolas
- Barbas, Coral
- Malkawi, Hanan I.
- Golyshin, Peter N.
- Yakimov, Michail M.
- Daffonchio, Daniele
- Ferrer, Manuel
DOIAbstract
Two of the largest crude oil-polluted areas in the world are the semi-enclosed Mediterranean and Red Seas, but the effect of chronic pollution remains incompletely understood on a large scale. We compared the influence of environmental and geographical constraints and anthropogenic forces (hydrocarbon input) on bacterial communities in eight geographically separated oil-polluted sites along the coastlines of the Mediterranean and Red Seas. The differences in community compositions and their biodegradation potential were primarily associated (Pâ €‰<â €‰0.05) with both temperature and chemical diversity. Furthermore, we observed a link between temperature and chemical and biological diversity that was stronger in chronically polluted sites th...
Add to ORKG