| Literature DB >> 20736401 |
Terry C Hazen1, Eric A Dubinsky, Todd Z DeSantis, Gary L Andersen, Yvette M Piceno, Navjeet Singh, Janet K Jansson, Alexander Probst, Sharon E Borglin, Julian L Fortney, William T Stringfellow, Markus Bill, Mark E Conrad, Lauren M Tom, Krystle L Chavarria, Thana R Alusi, Regina Lamendella, Dominique C Joyner, Chelsea Spier, Jacob Baelum, Manfred Auer, Marcin L Zemla, Romy Chakraborty, Eric L Sonnenthal, Patrik D'haeseleer, Hoi-Ying N Holman, Shariff Osman, Zhenmei Lu, Joy D Van Nostrand, Ye Deng, Jizhong Zhou, Olivia U Mason.
Abstract
The biological effects and expected fate of the vast amount of oil in the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon blowout are unknown owing to the depth and magnitude of this event. Here, we report that the dispersed hydrocarbon plume stimulated deep-sea indigenous γ-Proteobacteria that are closely related to known petroleum degraders. Hydrocarbon-degrading genes coincided with the concentration of various oil contaminants. Changes in hydrocarbon composition with distance from the source and incubation experiments with environmental isolates demonstrated faster-than-expected hydrocarbon biodegradation rates at 5°C. Based on these results, the potential exists for intrinsic bioremediation of the oil plume in the deep-water column without substantial oxygen drawdown.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20736401 DOI： 10.1126/science.1195979
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728