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Natural Attenuation Potential of Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Polluted Marine Sediments Cover

Natural Attenuation Potential of Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Polluted Marine Sediments

Polish Journal of Microbiology
Volume 67 (2018): Issue 1 (January 2018)
By: Sarah Aldhafiri,  Huda Mahmoud,  Mohammed Al-Sarawi and  Wael A. Ismail  
Open Access
|Feb 2022

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Fig. 1.

A map showing Shuwaikh harbor and the 7 sampling sites (red points).
A map showing Shuwaikh harbor and the 7 sampling sites (red points).

Fig. 2.

Total PCBs concentrations (38 congeners) and TPHs measured for the 7 sites sampled at the chosen Shuwaikh harbor location, d.w. (dry weight).
Total PCBs concentrations (38 congeners) and TPHs measured for the 7 sites sampled at the chosen Shuwaikh harbor location, d.w. (dry weight).

Fig. 3.

Distribution of PCBs congeners in Shuwaikh harbor sediments (summed across all sampling sites), d.w. (dry weight).
Distribution of PCBs congeners in Shuwaikh harbor sediments (summed across all sampling sites), d.w. (dry weight).

Fig. 4.

(A) DGGE profile based on DNA pooled from all the sediment core layers for the 5 sampling sites W1-W5 at Shuwaikh harbor. (B) Cluster analysis performed using binary matrix (0, 1) of DGGE showing variation between bacterial populations inhabiting the five sampling locations W1-W5 (site1 – site 5).
(A) DGGE profile based on DNA pooled from all the sediment core layers for the 5 sampling sites W1-W5 at Shuwaikh harbor. (B) Cluster analysis performed using binary matrix (0, 1) of DGGE showing variation between bacterial populations inhabiting the five sampling locations W1-W5 (site1 – site 5).

Fig. 5.

Cluster analysis of sequences related to aromatic ring-hydroxylating dioxygenases retrieved from different sampling sites at Shuwaikh harbor (sites 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 designate sites W2, W3, W4, W5 and W7, respectively).
Cluster analysis of sequences related to aromatic ring-hydroxylating dioxygenases retrieved from different sampling sites at Shuwaikh harbor (sites 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 designate sites W2, W3, W4, W5 and W7, respectively).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0011.6140 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331
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Language: English
Page range: 37 - 48
Submitted on: May 3, 2017
Accepted on: Aug 25, 2017
Published on: Feb 21, 2022
Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
aromatic ring oxygenases,
bacterial communities,
bioremediation,
Chloroflexi,
DGGE,
polluted marine sediments
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Microbiology and virology

© 2022 Sarah Aldhafiri, Huda Mahmoud, Mohammed Al-Sarawi, Wael A. Ismail, published by Polish Society of Microbiologists
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