Characterization of the anaerobic microbial community in oil‐polluted subtidal sediments: aromatic biodegradation potential after the Prestige oil spill

A Acosta‐González, R Rosselló‐Móra… - Environmental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of massive crude oil contamination on the microbial population of coastal
sediments was investigated in the Cíes Islands 18 and 53 months after the tanker Prestige …

Bacterial Communities from Shoreline Environments (Costa da Morte, Northwestern Spain) Affected by the Prestige Oil Spill

J Alonso-Gutiérrez, A Figueras, J Albaigés… - Applied and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
The bacterial communities in two different shoreline matrices, rocks and sand, from the
Costa da Morte, northwestern Spain, were investigated 12 months after being affected by the …

Characterization of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria isolated from oil-contaminated sediments in the Sultanate of Oman and evaluation of bioaugmentation and …

RMM Abed, J Al-Sabahi, F Al-Maqrashi… - International …, 2014 - Elsevier
Two oil-polluted sediments (PD and KH) were sampled from a coastal region in Oman for
the isolation of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria and for testing different bioremediation …

Effect of biostimulation, temperature and salinity on respiration activities and bacterial community composition in an oil polluted desert soil

RMM Abed, S Al-Kharusi, M Al-Hinai - International Biodeterioration & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Bioremediation of oil-polluted soils under the extreme environmental conditions of deserts is
challenging. Lack of nutrients, elevated temperatures and high salinities, caused by …

The effect of oil spills on the bacterial diversity and catabolic function in coastal sediments: a case study on the Prestige oil spill

A Acosta-González, SM Martirani-von Abercron… - … Science and Pollution …, 2015 - Springer
The accident of the Prestige oil tanker in 2002 contaminated approximately 900 km of the
coastline along the northern Spanish shore, as well as parts of Portugal and France coast …

Exploring novel alkane-degradation pathways in uncultured bacteria from the North Atlantic Ocean

M Vázquez Rosas Landa, V De Anda, RR Rohwer… - Msystems, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microbes play a significant role in the degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the oceans,
yet little is known about the native bacteria that metabolize hydrocarbons before an oil spill …

Bacterial community response to petroleum contamination in brackish tidal marsh sediments in the Yangtze River Estuary, China

M Wang, C Sha, J Wu, J Su, J Wu, Q Wang… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The brackish tidal marsh in the Baimaosha area of the Yangtze River Estuary was severely
contaminated by 400 tons of heavy crude petroleum from a tanker that sank in December …

Diversity of bacterial communities along a petroleum contamination gradient in desert soils

RMM Abed, S Al-Kindi, S Al-Kharusi - Microbial ecology, 2015 - Springer
Microbial communities in oil-polluted desert soils have been rarely studied compared to their
counterparts from freshwater and marine environments. We investigated bacterial diversity …

In situ biodegradation, photooxidation and dissolution of petroleum compounds in Arctic seawater and sea ice

L Vergeynst, JH Christensen, KU Kjeldsen, L Meire… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
In pristine sea ice-covered Arctic waters the potential of natural attenuation of oil spills has
yet to be uncovered, but increasing shipping and oil exploitation may bring along …

Effect of biostimulation using sewage sludge, soybean meal, and wheat straw on oil degradation and bacterial community composition in a contaminated desert soil

S Al-Kindi, RMM Abed - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Waste materials have a strong potential in the bioremediation of oil-contaminated sites,
because of their richness in nutrients and their economical feasibility. We used sewage …