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April 8, 2026Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology0 citationsOpen Access

Salinity-Driven Changes in Bacterial Communities in Crude Oil Bioremediation

Metagenomic and Culture-Based Insights into Salinity-Driven Bacterial Community Dynamics throughout Crude Oil-Degrading Enrichment Cultivation

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TTTuyen Tran ThiVLVe Van LeLNLoi Thi Thanh Nguyen

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Investigates salinity's effect on bacterial communities degrading crude oil in contaminated soil, indicating potential for bioremediation.

Key Points

  • The research aims to explore how varying salinity levels influence bacterial communities that degrade crude oil in contaminated soil.
  • Conducted a 21-day enrichment cultivation in Bushnell-Haas mineral salts medium with crude oil and NaCl.
  • Used shotgun metagenomic and culture-based approaches to analyze bacterial communities.
  • Isolated 36 representative bacterial strains from enriched cultures for further evaluation.
  • Pseudomonas increased from 0.44% to 3.51%, Gordonia from 0.03% to 78.68%, and Achromobacter from 0.03% to 3.77% in enriched samples.
  • Identified metabolic pathways for hydrocarbon degradation and heavy metal detoxification.
  • Isolates were able to degrade crude oil under salinity stress conditions of up to 4%.

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Thi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d5f13674eaea4b11a7ac77https://doi.org/10.4014/jmb.2508.08050
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