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BIODEGRADAZIONE DEGLI IDROCARBURI: DALLE COMUNITÀ MICROBICHE MARINE AI SISTEMI READY TO USE PER IL BIORISANAMENTO

Crude oil is one of the major hazardous pollutants. A promising technology for the treatment of contaminated sites is based on biodegradation of oil pollutants by microbial populations. Several microorganisms are known to use hydrocarbons as carbon sources. In the marine environment, obligate hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria (BIC) have been defined as being ecologically important for the aerobic removal of hydrocarbons. Recent advances in microbial ecology make it possible to combine molecular and culture-dependent approaches to identify bacterial community at environmental sites. In this thesis a microbiological survey of the Priolo Bay (eastern coast of Sicily, Ionian Sea), a chronically poll…

Isolation, identification and metabolic characterization of hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria from a polluted harbour in Sicily (Italy)

2014

The petrochemical site of Priolo-Augusta-Melilli (Sicily, Italy), is a Site of National Interest (SIN) due to high levels of environmental contamination of the coastline and a specific "national program of environmental remediation and restoration" was developed in order to allow remediation and restoration of contaminated sites. In order to identify the key hydrocarbon degraders and explore the natural bioremediation potential of the contaminated area, a total of six sediment and sea water cores were collected inside the Priolo Harbour (SR, Italy). After biological (bacterial counts, PCR-DGGE) and chemical-physical characterization (quali-, quantitative measures of hydrocarbons and heavy m…

Intrinsic bioremediation potential of a chronically polluted marine coastal area.

2015

A microbiological survey of the Priolo Bay (eastern coast of Sicily, Ionian Sea), a chronically polluted marine coastal area, was carried out in order to discern its intrinsic bioremediation potential. Microbiological analysis, 16S rDNA-based DGGE fingerprinting and PLFAs analysis were performed on seawater and sediment samples from six stations on two transects. Higher diversity and variability among stations was detected by DGGE in sediment than in water samples although seawater revealed higher diversity of culturable hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria. The most polluted sediment hosted higher total bacterial diversity and higher abundance and diversity of culturable HC degraders. Alkane- an…