Studies on actinobacteria of marine habitats gaining international importance due to its proven abilities of novel compound production. Information on actinobacteria of the mangrove environments is less and hence the present study was carried out in the different mangrove environment of Bhitarkanikka, Orissa. A total of 116 actinobacterial colonies were recorded from 30 mangrove and marine sedi...

In recent years there has been a growing concern all over the globe, about marine pollution due to persistent organic pollutants. Sediments, which are an important component of marine environment can serve as sorbents or concentrators for various persistent organic pollutants, including Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). In this study, the depth profile of accumulated PCBs in Thane Creek sedimen...

Heavy metals are ubiquitous contaminants of the marine environment and can accumulate and persist in sediments. The toxicity of metal contaminants in sediments to organisms is dependent on the bioavailability of the metals in both the water and sediment phases and the sensitivity of the organism to the metal exposure. This study investigated the effects of two metal contaminants of concern (CdC...

l glutaminase, a therapeutic enzyme obtained from marine actinomycetes gains importance because of their adaptability to varied environmental factors. an experimental study was carried out to isolate the l glutaminase producing actinomycetes from the marine sediment of thoothukudi. marine sediment sample was collected from six different locations of the thoothukudi coastal ecosystem, enriched w...

BACKGROUND Sundarban is the world's largest coastal sediment comprising of mangrove forest which covers about one million hectares in the south-eastern parts of India and southern parts of Bangladesh. The microbial diversity in this sediment is largely unknown till date. In the present study an attempt has been made to understand the microbial diversity in this sediment using a cultivation-inde...

Many symbiotic marine invertebrates acquire free-living Symbiodinium from the environment. Abundance and diversity of free-living Symbiodinium could influence recovery from bleaching, resilience, and the long-term adaptation of host organisms. Although free-living Symbiodinium have been detected in the water column and substrates of coral reefs, their diversity and availability to the hosts are...

Citation: Lessin G, Artioli Y, Almroth-Rosell E, Blackford JC, Dale AW, Glud RN, Middelburg JJ, Pastres R, Queirós AM, Rabouille C, Regnier P, Soetaert K, Solidoro C, Stephens N and Yakushev E (2018) Modelling Marine Sediment Biogeochemistry: Current Knowledge Gaps, Challenges, and Some Methodological Advice for Advancement. Front. Mar. Sci. 5:19. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00019 Modelling Marine ...

The Archaea domain is ubiquitously distributed and extremely diverse, however, environmental factors that shape archaeal community structure are not well known. Aquatic environments, including the water column and sediments harbor many new uncultured archaeal species from which metabolic and ecological roles remain elusive. Some environments are especially neglected in terms of archaeal diversi...

The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Addendum submitted by PNW LNG to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) on 28 Feb 2014 and 12 Dec 2014, respectively, provided information with regard to potential effects of marine operations and marine structures upon the sea bed and habitat at Agnew and Flora Banks (Figure 2). The Addendum also provided detailed responses to Informati...

We found increased numbers ofoxytetracycline (OTC)-resistant bacteria in sediment and seawater around a marine aquaculture site after OTC therapy, Samples were collected at an aquaculture site along the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan in 2004. In April, the percentage of bacteria resistant to 60 pg rnLLi OTC in the surface sediment was 6,8%-20.0%, The percentages increased during OTC therap...