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Tracking Mangrove Oil Bioremediation Approaches and Bacterial Diversity at Different Depths in an in situ Mesocosms System.

ABSTRACT: In this study, oil spills were simulated in field-based mangrove mesocosms to compare the efficiency of bioremediation strategies and to characterize the presence of the alkB, ndo, assA, and bssA genes and the ecological structures of microbial communities in mangrove sediments at two different depths, (D1) 1-10 cm and (D2) 25-35 cm. The results indicated that the hydrocarbon degradation efficiency was higher in superficial sediment layers, although no differences in the hydrocarbon degradation rates or in the abundances of the alkB and ndo genes were detected among the tested bioremediation strategies at this depth. Samples from the deeper layer exhibited higher abundances of the analyzed genes, except for assA and bssA, which were not detected in our samples. For all of the treatments and depths, the most abundant phyla were Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes, with Gammaproteobacteria, Flavobacteriales and Clostridiales being the most common classes. The indicator species analysis (ISA) results showed strong distinctions among microbial taxa in response to different treatments and in the two collection depths. Our results indicated a high efficiency of the monitored natural attenuation (MNA) for oil consumption in the tested mangrove sediments, revealing the potential of this strategy for environmental decontamination and suggesting that environmental and ecological factors may select for specific bacterial populations in distinct niches.

SUBMITTER: Machado LF

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6753392 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Tracking Mangrove Oil Bioremediation Approaches and Bacterial Diversity at Different Depths in an in situ Mesocosms System.

Machado Laís Feitosa LF de Assis Leite Deborah Catharine DC da Costa Rachid Caio Tavora Coelho CTC Paes Jorge Eduardo JE Martins Edir Ferreira EF Peixoto Raquel Silva RS Rosado Alexandre Soares AS

Frontiers in microbiology 20190913

In this study, oil spills were simulated in field-based mangrove mesocosms to compare the efficiency of bioremediation strategies and to characterize the presence of the alkB, ndo, assA, and bssA genes and the ecological structures of microbial communities in mangrove sediments at two different depths, (D1) 1-10 cm and (D2) 25-35 cm. The results indicated that the hydrocarbon degradation efficiency was higher in superficial sediment layers, although no differences in ...[more]

PMID: 31572322

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