Pressure and temperature effects on deep‐sea hydrocarbon‐degrading microbial communities in subarctic sediments

• Published in: MicrobiologyOpen
• Main Authors: Luis J. Perez Calderon, Evangelia Gontikaki, Lloyd D. Potts, Sophie Shaw, Alejandro Gallego, James A. Anderson, Ursula Witte
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: bacteria; deep‐sea; hydrocarbon contamination; hydrostatic pressure; sediment; temperature; Microbiology; QR1-502; Hatton-Rockall Basin; North East Atlantic; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.768; https://doaj.org/article/db956792021a4b399332357c2aa5b2d7

Abstract The Hatton–Rockall Basin (North‐East Atlantic) is an area with potential for deep‐sea (2,900 m) hydrocarbon exploration. Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, many investigations into the responses of sediment microbial communities to oil pollution have been undertaken. However, hydros...