A Retrospective Review of Microbiological Methods Applied in Studies Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 resulted in serious damage to local marine and coastal environments. In addition to the physical removal and chemical dispersion of spilled oil, biodegradation by indigenous microorganisms was regarded as the most effective way for...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Shuangfei, Hu, Zhong, Wang, Hui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5876298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29628913
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00520
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description The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 resulted in serious damage to local marine and coastal environments. In addition to the physical removal and chemical dispersion of spilled oil, biodegradation by indigenous microorganisms was regarded as the most effective way for cleaning up residual oil. Different microbiological methods were applied to investigate the changes and responses of bacterial communities after the DWH oil spills. By summarizing and analyzing these microbiological methods, giving recommendations and proposing some methods that have not been used, this review aims to provide constructive guidelines for microbiological studies after environmental disasters, especially those involving organic pollutants.
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spelling pubmed-58762982018-04-06 A Retrospective Review of Microbiological Methods Applied in Studies Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Zhang, Shuangfei Hu, Zhong Wang, Hui Front Microbiol Microbiology The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 resulted in serious damage to local marine and coastal environments. In addition to the physical removal and chemical dispersion of spilled oil, biodegradation by indigenous microorganisms was regarded as the most effective way for cleaning up residual oil. Different microbiological methods were applied to investigate the changes and responses of bacterial communities after the DWH oil spills. By summarizing and analyzing these microbiological methods, giving recommendations and proposing some methods that have not been used, this review aims to provide constructive guidelines for microbiological studies after environmental disasters, especially those involving organic pollutants. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5876298/ /pubmed/29628913 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00520 Text en Copyright © 2018 Zhang, Hu and Wang. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_short A Retrospective Review of Microbiological Methods Applied in Studies Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
title_sort retrospective review of microbiological methods applied in studies following the deepwater horizon oil spill
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