Insights into microbial communities mediating the bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soil from an Alpine former military site.

ABSTRACT: The study of microbial communities involved in soil bioremediation is important to identify the specific microbial characteristics that determine improved decontamination rates. Here, we characterized bacterial, archaeal, and fungal communities in terms of (i) abundance (using quantitative PCR) and (ii) taxonomic diversity and structure (using Illumina amplicon sequencing) during the bioremediation of long-term hydrocarbon-contaminated soil from an Alpine former military site during 15 weeks comparing biostimulation (inorganic NPK fertilization) vs. natural attenuation and considering the effect of temperature (10 vs. 20 °C). Although a considerable amount of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) loss could be attributed to natural attenuation, significantly higher TPH removal rates were obtai

SUBMITTER: Siles JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5932094 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature