Metagenomics and Quantitative Stable Isotope Probing Offer Insights into Metabolism of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degraders in Chronically Polluted Seawater

Ella T. Sieradzki; Michael Morando; Jed A. Fuhrman

doi:10.1128/mSystems.00245-21

mSystems (Jun 2021)

Metagenomics and Quantitative Stable Isotope Probing Offer Insights into Metabolism of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degraders in Chronically Polluted Seawater

Ella T. Sieradzki,
Michael Morando,
Jed A. Fuhrman

Affiliations

Ella T. Sieradzki: ORCiD; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Michael Morando: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jed A. Fuhrman: ORCiD; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00245-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 3

Abstract

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Oil spills in the marine environment have a devastating effect on marine life and biogeochemical cycles through bioaccumulation of toxic hydrocarbons and oxygen depletion by hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria. Oil-degrading bacteria occur naturally in the ocean, especially where they are supported by chronic inputs of oil or other organic carbon sources, and have a significant role in degradation of oil spills.

Published in mSystems

ISSN: 2379-5077 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msystems

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