Crude oil is a complex mixture of different hydrocarbons. While diverse bacterial
communities can degrade oil, the specific roles of individual members within such …

Bacterial communities inhabiting coastal sediments are subjected to oil spills. In order to
examine the early structural response of a complex bacterial community to oil pollution, a …

A marine microbial consortium obtained from a beach contaminated by the Prestige oil spill
proved highly efficient in removing the different hydrocarbon families present in this heavy …

Although diverse bacteria capable of degrading petroleum hydrocarbons have been
isolated and characterized, the vast majority of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria, including …

Phytoplankton have been shown to harbour a diversity of hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria
(HCB), yet it is not understood how these phytoplankton‐associated HCB would respond in …

A laboratory experiment was conducted to identify key hydrocarbon degraders from a
marine oil spill sample (Prestige fuel oil), to ascertain their role in the degradation of different …

Crude oil (petroleum) is a highly complex mixture of organic compounds of which some 1.3
million litres enters the environment each year. More then anything else, the numerous oil …

Oil spills in the subarctic marine environment off the coast of Labrador, Canada, are
increasingly likely due to potential oil production and increases in ship traffic in the region …

The aim of this work was to determine the effect of light crude oil on bacterial communities
during an experimental oil spill in the N orth S ea and in mesocosms (simulating a heavy …

Emerging evidence shows that hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria (HCB) may be commonly found
associated with phytoplankton in the ocean, but the ecology of these bacteria and how they …