Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) producing and oil degrading bacteria isolated from the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Sinking marine oil snow was found to be a major mechanism in the transport of spilled oil from the surface to the deep sea following the Deepwater Horizon (DwH) oil spill. Marine snow formation is primarily facilitated by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), which are mainly composed of protein...

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Main Authors: Hernando P Bacosa, Manoj Kamalanathan, Meng-Hsuen Chiu, Shih-Ming Tsai, Luni Sun, Jessica M Labonté, Kathleen A Schwehr, David Hala, Peter H Santschi, Wei-Chun Chin, Antonietta Quigg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208406