Deep-sea bacteria enriched by oil and dispersant from the Deepwater Horizon spill
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Deep-sea bacteria enriched by oil and dispersant from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulted in a massive influx of hydrocarbons into the Gulf of Mexico (the Gulf). To better understand the fate of the oil, we enriched and isolated indigenous hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria from deep, uncontaminated waters from the Gulf with oil (Macondo MC252) and dispersant used during the spill (COREXIT 9500). During 20 days of incubation at 5°C, CO(2) evolut...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Microbiology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1462-2912
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02780.x