TY - JOUR
T1 - Bacterial diversity of marine seeps in the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico
AU - Rosano-Hemández, María C.
AU - Fernández-Linares, Luis C.
AU - Xoconostle-Cázares, B.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The diversity of bacterial communities of shallow (≤ 100 m depth) oil seep marine sediments from the Southern Gulf of Mexico was evaluated. The geochemical properties of seep sediments were characterized as well as their microbial diversity in oil seep and control sediments. Bacteria were identified through molecular tools as belonging to the genera Marinobacter, Idiomarina, Marinobacterium, Frauteria and an unknown bacterium. Bacteria might be important components of microbial communities in Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH)-containing environments, displaying either facultative metabolism or able to grow only in petroleumcontaining media. The identification of bacteria in shallow oil seep sediments could be used as indicators of marine hydrocarbons in Southeastern Gulf of Mexico.
AB - The diversity of bacterial communities of shallow (≤ 100 m depth) oil seep marine sediments from the Southern Gulf of Mexico was evaluated. The geochemical properties of seep sediments were characterized as well as their microbial diversity in oil seep and control sediments. Bacteria were identified through molecular tools as belonging to the genera Marinobacter, Idiomarina, Marinobacterium, Frauteria and an unknown bacterium. Bacteria might be important components of microbial communities in Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH)-containing environments, displaying either facultative metabolism or able to grow only in petroleumcontaining media. The identification of bacteria in shallow oil seep sediments could be used as indicators of marine hydrocarbons in Southeastern Gulf of Mexico.
KW - Bacterial community
KW - Marine sediments
KW - Oil seeps
KW - TPH-containing environments
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67651163876&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3923/pjbs.2009.683.689
DO - 10.3923/pjbs.2009.683.689
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 19634471
AN - SCOPUS:67651163876
SN - 1028-8880
VL - 12
SP - 683
EP - 689
JO - Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
JF - Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
IS - 9
ER -