The biological effects and expected fate of the vast amount of oil in the Gulf of Mexico from
the Deepwater Horizon blowout are unknown owing to the depth and magnitude of this event. …

Benzene contamination is a significant problem. It is used in a wide range of manufacturing
processes and is a primary component of petroleum-based fuels. Benzene is a hydrocarbon …

One-third of all protein-coding genes from bacterial genomes cannot be annotated with a
function. Here, to investigate the functions of these genes, we present genome-wide mutant …

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill produced large subsurface plumes of dispersed oil and gas
in the Gulf of Mexico that stimulated growth of psychrophilic, hydrocarbon degrading bacteria…

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulted in a massive influx of hydrocarbons into the Gulf of
Mexico (the Gulf). To better understand the fate of the oil, we enriched and isolated …

Previous studies have demonstrated that reduced humic substances (HS) can be reoxidized
by anaerobic bacteria such as Geobacter, Geothrix, and Wolinella species with a suitable …

Dechloromonas strain RCB has been shown to be capable of anaerobic degradation of
benzene coupled to nitrate reduction. As a continuation of these studies, the metabolic versatility …

Soils are arguably the most microbially diverse ecosystems. Physicochemical properties have
been associated with the maintenance of this diversity. Yet, the role of microbial substrate …

Benzene is biodegraded in the absence of oxygen under a variety of terminal electron-accepting
conditions. However, the mechanism by which anaerobic benzene degradation occurs …

Bioremediation has historically been approached as a ‘black box’ in terms of our fundamental
understanding. Thus it succeeds and fails, seldom without a complete understanding of …