PMID- 25204351 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160331 LR - 20220321 IS - 1574-6941 (Electronic) IS - 0168-6496 (Linking) VI - 90 IP - 3 DP - 2014 Dec TI - Halophyte plant colonization as a driver of the composition of bacterial communities in salt marshes chronically exposed to oil hydrocarbons. PG - 647-62 LID - 10.1111/1574-6941.12425 [doi] AB - In this study, two molecular techniques [denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and barcoded pyrosequencing] were used to evaluate the composition of bacterial communities in salt marsh microhabitats [bulk sediment and sediment surrounding the roots (rhizosphere) of Halimione portulacoides and Sarcocornia perennis ssp. perennis] that have been differentially affected by oil hydrocarbon (OH) pollution. Both DGGE and pyrosequencing revealed that bacterial composition is structured by microhabitat. Rhizosphere sediment from both plant species revealed enrichment of operational taxonomic units closely related to Acidimicrobiales, Myxococcales and Sphingomonadales. The in silico metagenome analyses suggest that homologous genes related to OH degradation appeared to be more frequent in both plant rhizospheres than in bulk sediment. In summary, this study suggests that halophyte plant colonization is an important driver of hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial community composition in estuarine environments, which can be exploited for in situ phytoremediation of OH in salt marsh environments. CI - (c) 2014 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Oliveira, Vanessa AU - Oliveira V AD - Department of Biology & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal. FAU - Gomes, Newton C M AU - Gomes NC FAU - Cleary, Daniel F R AU - Cleary DF FAU - Almeida, Adelaide AU - Almeida A FAU - Silva, Artur M S AU - Silva AM FAU - Simoes, Mario M Q AU - Simoes MM FAU - Silva, Helena AU - Silva H FAU - Cunha, Angela AU - Cunha A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20141002 PL - England TA - FEMS Microbiol Ecol JT - FEMS microbiology ecology JID - 8901229 RN - 0 (Hydrocarbons) RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S) SB - IM MH - Alphaproteobacteria/classification/metabolism MH - Amaranthaceae/microbiology/physiology MH - Bacteria/*classification/genetics/isolation & purification MH - Base Sequence MH - Biodegradation, Environmental MH - Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis MH - Geologic Sediments/microbiology MH - Hydrocarbons/*metabolism MH - Metagenome/genetics MH - Microbial Consortia/genetics MH - *Petroleum Pollution MH - Plant Roots/*microbiology MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics MH - *Rhizosphere MH - Salt-Tolerant Plants/microbiology/*physiology MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA MH - *Wetlands OTO - NOTNLM OT - microbial diversity OT - pyrosequencing OT - rhizosphere OT - salt marshes EDAT- 2014/09/11 06:00 MHDA- 2016/04/01 06:00 CRDT- 2014/09/11 06:00 PHST- 2014/05/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/08/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/08/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/09/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/09/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/04/01 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/1574-6941.12425 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2014 Dec;90(3):647-62. doi: 10.1111/1574-6941.12425. Epub 2014 Oct 2.