Bacteria can rapidly evolve mechanisms allowing them to use toxic environmental pollutants as a carbon source. In the current study we examined whether the survival and evolution of indigenous bacteria with the capacity to degrade organic pollutants could be connected with increased mutation frequency. The presence of constitutive and transient mutators was monitored among 53 pollutants-degradi...

Marine oil spill pollution was one of the factors affecting marine ecology northeastern South China Sea (nSCS). The submarine produced after had a long-term impact on microbial community in sediment. In this study, 16S rRNA genes high-throughput sequencing and quantitative PCR were used to study composition distribution bacterial communities deep-sea sediments; meanwhile, petroleum hydrocarbon ...

background: polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) are synthetic aromatic compounds containing two benzene rings with one to ten chlorine atoms. there are concerns about the health risks of these compounds in the environment due to their toxicity, persistence, and biological accumulation. pcbs wastes must be treated before being discharged to the environment because they will pollute the water, soil,...

background: organic agricultural pesticides are so stable in ecosystems and biosphere. these compounds affect soil conditions and agricultural products. the aim of this study was isolation of diazinon-degrading bacteria from kerman pistachio orchards, southeastern iran. methods: diazinon-degrading bacteria were enriched in bushnell-hass medium. identification and sequencing of prevalent degradi...

Petroleum-hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria were obtained after enrichment on crude oil (as a 'chocolate mousse') in a continuous supply of Indonesian seawater amended with nitrogen, phosphorus and iron nutrients. They were related to Alcanivorax and Marinobacter strains, which are ubiquitous petroleum-hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria in marine environments, and to Oceanobacter kriegii (96.4-96.5 % ...

materials and methods phe degrading bacteria were isolated from surface sediments. isolated strains were then identified by biochemical and molecular (16s rdna gene sequence) analysis. rsm was employed to evaluate the optimum biodegradation of phe by the most effective isolated strain. the investigated parameters included the temperature, inoculum sizes, ph, nh4cl concentration, and salinity. o...

Oil spills can be disastrous to any ecosystem. Bioremediation through bioaugmentation (addition of oil-degrading bacteria) and biostimulation (addition of nutrients N&P) options can be a promising strategy for combating oil spills following first response actions. However, bioaugmentation is one of the most controversial issues of bioremediation since nutrient addition alone has a greater effec...

The Deepwater Horizon spill released over 4.1 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. In an effort to mitigate large oil slicks, the dispersant Corexit 9500 was sprayed onto surface slicks and injected directly at the wellhead at water depth of 1,500 m. Several research groups were involved in investigating the fate of the MC-252 oil using newly advanced molecular tools to elucida...