Rosano-Hernández María C, Fernández-Linares Luis C
Departamento de Biotecnologia y Bioingeniería, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 07360, DF México.
Pak J Biol Sci. 2009 May 1;12(9):683-9. doi: 10.3923/pjbs.2009.683.689.
The diversity of bacterial communities of shallow (< or = 100 m depth) oil seep marine sediments from the southern Gulf of Mexico was evaluated. The geochemical properties of seep sediments were characterized as well as their microbial diversity in oil seep and control sediments. Bacteria were identified through molecular tools as belonging to the genera Marinobacter, Idiomarina, Marinobacterium, Frauteria and an unknown bacterium. Bacteria might be important components of microbial communities in Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH)-containing environments, displaying either facultative metabolism or able to grow only in petroleum-containing media. The identification of bacteria in shallow oil seep sediments could be used as indicators of marine hydrocarbons in southeastern Gulf of Mexico.
对墨西哥湾南部浅海（深度≤100米）石油渗漏海洋沉积物中的细菌群落多样性进行了评估。对渗漏沉积物的地球化学性质及其在石油渗漏沉积物和对照沉积物中的微生物多样性进行了表征。通过分子工具鉴定出细菌属于海杆菌属、嗜压嗜盐菌属、海杆菌属、弗劳特菌属和一种未知细菌。细菌可能是含总石油烃（TPH）环境中微生物群落的重要组成部分，表现出兼性代谢或仅能在含石油培养基中生长。浅海石油渗漏沉积物中细菌的鉴定可作为墨西哥湾东南部海洋烃类的指标。
