Assessment of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impact on Gulf coast microbial communities

Assessment of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impact on Gulf coast microbial communities

One of the major environmental concerns of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the ecological impact of the oil that reached shorelines of the Gulf Coast. Here we investigated the impact of the oil on the microbial composition in beach samples collected in June 2010 along a hea...

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Main Authors: Regina eLamendella, Steven eStrutt, Sharon E Borglin, Romy eChakraborty, Neslihan eTas, Olivia U Mason, Jenni eHultman, Emmanuel ePrestat, Terry C Hazen, Janet eJansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Hydrocarbons
16S rRNA gene
oil spill
metatranscriptomics
microbial communities
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00130/full

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