Abstract
Theobligatehydrocarbonoclasticbacteria(OHCB)havebeenrecognizedandshowntoplayasignificantroleinthebiologicalremovalofhydrocarbonsfrompollutedmarinewaters.Theintroductionofoilorhydrocarbonsintoseawaterleadstosuccessivebloomsofarelativelylimitednumberofindigenousmarinebacterialgenera(Alcanivorax,Marinobacter,Thallassolituus,CycloclasticusandOleispira)whicharepresentatloworundetectablelevelsbeforethepollutingevent.ThetypesofOHCBthatbloomdependdirectlyfromlevelandtypeofpollutionandfromparametersasthelatitude/temperature,salinity,redoxetc....Inthiswork,usingdatapresentinGeneBankwehavecreateavirtualmapof3DdistributionofOHCBinMediterraneanSeaaccordingtophysical-‐chemicalfactors.
Lingua originale | English |
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Pagine | 318-318 |
Numero di pagine | 1 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Published - 2013 |