PRJNA504311
Northern Gulf of Mexico sediment samples
This project investigated crude oil biodegradation by native GOM microbial communities, we incubated core-top sediments from 13 GOM sites at water depths from 60-1500 m with crude oil under simulated aerobic seafloor conditions.After 18 days, samples were extracted for oil organic matter to measure the extent of oil depletion, and 9 out of 13 samples were extracted for DNA to investigate microbial communities associated with oil biodegradation.