Correlating the succession of microbial communities from Nigerian soils to petroleum biodegradation.

ABSTRACT: Whilst biodegradation of different hydrocarbon components has been widely demonstrated to occur by specialist oil-degrading bacteria, less is known about the impact on microbial communities as a function of oil composition by comparing the biodegradation of chemically complex fuels to synthetic products. The objectives of this study were (i) to assess the biodegradation capacity and succession of microbial communities isolated from Nigerian soils in media with crude oil or synthetic oil as sole sources of carbon and energy, and (ii) to assess the temporal variability of the microbial community size. Community profiling was done using 16 S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing (Illumina), and oil profiling using gas chromatography. The biodegradation of natural and synthetic oil differed probably d

SUBMITTER: Iturbe-Espinoza P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314880 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature