ArticleScientific reports2017
The Variable Influence of Dispersant on Degradation of Oil Hydrocarbons in Subarctic Deep-Sea Sediments at Low Temperatures (0-5 °C).
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- Microbial succession and hydrocarbon-degrading potential in Arctic sea ice exposed to dispersed crude oil and chemical dispersant.FEMS microbes · 2026Article
- Bioremediation perspectives and progress in petroleum pollution in the marine environment: a review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Review
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- Modelling a Spectral Index to Detect Dispersed Oil in a Seawater Column Depending on the Viewing Angle: Gulf of Gdańsk Case Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Influence of oil, dispersant, and pressure on microbial communities from the Gulf of Mexico.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Pressure and temperature effects on deep-sea hydrocarbon-degrading microbial communities in subarctic sediments.MicrobiologyOpen · 2019Article
- Bioaerosol biomonitoring: Sampling optimization for molecular microbial ecology.Molecular ecology resources · 2019Article
- Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria in deep-water subarctic sediments (Faroe-Shetland Channel).Journal of applied microbiology · 2018Article
- Effect of spatial origin and hydrocarbon composition on bacterial consortia community structure and hydrocarbon biodegradation rates.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2018Article
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Abstract
The microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons at low temperatures was investigated in subarctic deep-sea sediments in the Faroe Shetland Channel (FSC). The effect of the marine oil dispersant, Superdispersant 25 on hydrocarbon degradation was also examined. Sediments collected at 500 and 1000 m depth were spiked with a model oil containing 20 hydrocarbons and incubated at ambient temperature (5 and 0 °C, respectively) with and without marine dispersant. Treatment of sediments with hydrocarbons resulted in the enrichment of Gammaproteobacteria, and specifically the genera Pseudoalteromonas, Pseudomonas, Halomonas, and Cobetia. Hydrocarbon degradation was faster at 5 °C (500 m) with 65-89% of each component degraded after 50 days compared to 0-47% degradation at 0 °C (1000 m), where the aromatic hydrocarbons fluoranthene, anthracene, and Dibenzothiophene showed no degradation. Dispersant significantly increased the rate of degradation at 1000 m, but had no effect at 500 m. There was no statistically significant effect of Superdispersant 25 on the bacterial community structure at either station. These results show that the indigenous bacterial community in the FSC has the capacity to mitigate some of the effects of a potential oil spill, however, the effect of dispersant is ambiguous and further research is needed to understand the implications of its use.
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