Oil type and temperature dependent biodegradation dynamics - Combining chemical and microbial community data through multivariate analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study investigates a comparative multivariate approach for studying the biodegradation of chemically dispersed oil. The rationale for this approach lies in the inherent complexity of the data and challenges associated with comparing multiple experiments with inconsistent sampling points, with respect to inferring correlations and visualizing multiple datasets with numerous variables. We aim to identify novel correlations among microbial community composition, the chemical change of individual petroleum hydrocarbons, oil type and temperature by creating modelled datasets from inconsistent sampling time points. Four different incubation experiments were conducted with freshly collected Norwegian seawater and either Grane and Troll oil dispersed with Corexit 9500. Incu

SUBMITTER: Ribicic D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6081865 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature