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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 30, Issue 15, Pages 44640-44656Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25264-6
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Microcosms; Sediment microbial communities; Water-accommodated fractions; Dispersant; Cold environment
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In this study, the effects of hydrocarbon water-accommodated fraction (WAF) prepared with and without dispersant on benthic microbial communities were investigated. It was found that the contaminated sediment showed less taxa responsive to the addition of both WAF and WAF + dispersant, indicating the presence of hydrocarbon-degrading and dispersant-resistant taxa in the contaminated sediment.
In cold environments, the low temperature slows down microbial metabolisms, such as the biodegradation processes of hydrocarbons, which are often stimulated by the addition of dispersants in oil spill disasters. In this study, we investigated the effects of hydrocarbon water-accommodated fraction (WAF) prepared with and without dispersant on benthic microbial communities in a microcosm experiment in which hydrocarbon removal was observed. Both WAFs contained similar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) content. The microcosm experiment, set up with either pristine or contaminated sediments, was conducted for 21 days at 4 degrees C under WAF and WAF + dispersant conditions. The behavior of bacterial communities in response to WAF and WAF + dispersant was examined at both DNA and RNA levels, revealing the effect of WAF and WAF + dispersant on the resident and active communities respectively. The contaminated sediment showed less taxa responsive to the addition of both WAF and WAF + dispersant than the pristine sediment, indicating the legacy effect by the presence hydrocarbon-degrading and dispersant-resistant taxa inhabiting the contaminated sediment.
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