Microbial community analysis of a coastal salt marsh affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Microbial community analysis of a coastal salt marsh affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Coastal salt marshes are highly sensitive wetland ecosystems that can sustain long-term impacts from anthropogenic events such as oil spills. In this study, we examined the microbial communities of a Gulf of Mexico coastal salt marsh during and after the influx of petroleum hydrocarbons following th...

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Main Authors: Melanie J Beazley, Robert J Martinez, Suja Rajan, Jessica Powell, Yvette M Piceno, Lauren M Tom, Gary L Andersen, Terry C Hazen, Joy D Van Nostrand, Jizhong Zhou, Behzad Mortazavi, Patricia A Sobecky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3399869?pdf=render

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