Abundance, Dynamics and Biogeographic Distribution of Seven Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Dioxygenase Gene Variants in Coastal Sediments of Patagonia

MARCOS, MAGALÍ; LOZADA, MARIANA; DI MARZIO, WALTER; DIONISI, HEBE

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY

Lugar: Washington; Año: 2012 vol. 78 p. 1589 - 1592

0099-2240

Novel polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dioxygenase gene variants were present in similar or higher abundances than phnA1 from Cycloclasticus spp., at a chronically-polluted Subantarctic coastal marine environment in Patagonia. These novel gene variants were detected over a six year time-span and were also present in sediments from Patagonian temperate sites.