Bacterial Communities in Polluted Seabed Sediments: A Molecular Biology Assay in Leghorn Harbor
Joint Authors
Chiellini, Carolina
Iannelli, Renato
Verni, Franco
Petroni, Giulio
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-10-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Seabed sediments of commercial ports are often characterized by high pollution levels.
Differences in number and distribution of bacteria in such areas can be related to distribution of pollutants in the port and to sediment conditions.
In this study, the bacterial communities of five sites from Leghorn Harbor seabed were characterized, and the main bacterial groups were identified.
T-RFLP was used for all samples; two 16S rRNA libraries and in silico digestion of clones were used to identify fingerprint profiles.
Library data, phylogenetic analysis, and T-RFLP coupled with in silico digestion of the obtained sequences evidenced the dominance of Proteobacteria and the high percentage of Bacteroidetes in all sites.
The approach highlighted similar bacterial communities between samples coming from the five sites, suggesting a modest differentiation among bacterial communities of different harbor seabed sediments and hence the capacity of bacterial communities to adapt to different levels and types of pollution.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chiellini, Carolina& Iannelli, Renato& Verni, Franco& Petroni, Giulio. 2013. Bacterial Communities in Polluted Seabed Sediments: A Molecular Biology Assay in Leghorn Harbor. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1032600
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chiellini, Carolina…[et al.]. Bacterial Communities in Polluted Seabed Sediments: A Molecular Biology Assay in Leghorn Harbor. The Scientific World Journal No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1032600
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chiellini, Carolina& Iannelli, Renato& Verni, Franco& Petroni, Giulio. Bacterial Communities in Polluted Seabed Sediments: A Molecular Biology Assay in Leghorn Harbor. The Scientific World Journal. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1032600
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1032600