Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread in marine ecosystems and
originate from natural sources and anthropogenic activities. PAHs enter the marine …

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico represents the largest marine
accidental oil spill in history. It is distinguished from past spills in that it occurred at the …

The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …

Bioremediation is an environmentally sound and cost-effective strategy to restore soils
contaminated with petroleum oil. In this study, native bio-surfactant-producing bacteria able …

Acute environmental perturbations are reported to induce deterministic microbial community
assembly, while it is hypothesized that chronic perturbations promote development of …

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 …

Highlights•'Omics' tools confirm that bacterial inhabiting coastal marine sediments harbour a
great biodegradation potential.•Oil biodegradation in sediments is limited by sediment …

Marine oil spills are catastrophic events that cause massive damage to ecosystems at all
trophic levels. While most of the research has focused on carbon‐degrading …

Traditionally, microbial surveys investigating the effect of chronic anthropogenic pressure
such as polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contaminations consider just the alpha and beta …

The structure and diversity of microbial community inhabiting coastal sediments reflect the
exposition to contaminants. Aiming to assess the changes in the microbiota from Sepetiba …