Bacterial community shift in the coastal Gulf of Mexico salt-marsh sediment microcosm in vitro following exposure to the Mississippi Canyon Block 252 oil (MC252)

doi:10.15468/louemg

Bacterial community shift in the coastal Gulf of Mexico salt-marsh sediment microcosm in vitro following exposure to the Mississippi Canyon Block 252 oil (MC252)

Citation

MGnify (2019). Bacterial community shift in the coastal Gulf of Mexico salt-marsh sediment microcosm in vitro following exposure to the Mississippi Canyon Block 252 oil (MC252). Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/louemg accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-01.

Description

Microbial communities play a crucial role in microbial loop process that constitute the foundation of the ecosystem structure and function. The goal of this study was to monitor a shift in the bacterial community following treatment with MC252 oil.

Sampling Description

Sampling

Microbial communities play a crucial role in microbial loop process that constitute the foundation of the ecosystem structure and function. The goal of this study was to monitor a shift in the bacterial community following treatment with MC252 oil.

Method steps

Pipeline used: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/metagenomics/pipelines/4.1

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Bibliographic Citations

Koo H, Bej AK. 2016. Metagenomic data of the bacterial community in coastal Gulf of Mexico sediment microcosms following exposure to Macondo oil (MC252). Data Brief vol. 6 - DOI:10.1016/j.dib.2015.11.040

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

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