The biological effects and expected fate of the vast amount of oil in the Gulf of Mexico from
the Deepwater Horizon blowout are unknown owing to the depth and magnitude of this event. …

The devastating environmental impacts of the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989 and its media notoriety
made it a frequent comparison to the BP Deepwater Horizon spill in the popular press in …

A significant portion of oil from the recent Deepwater Horizon (DH) oil spill in the Gulf of
Mexico was transported to the shoreline, where it may have severe ecological and economic …

Unraveling the drivers of community structure and succession in response to environmental
change is a central goal in ecology. Although the mechanisms shaping community structure …

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in a deep-sea hydrocarbon
plume that caused a shift in the indigenous microbial community composition with unknown …

Reduction of soluble uranium U(VI) to less-soluble uranium U(IV) is a promising approach to
minimize migration from contaminated aquifers. It is generally assumed that, under constant …

DNA from low-biodiversity fracture water collected at 2.8-kilometer depth in a South African
gold mine was sequenced and assembled into a single, complete genome. This bacterium, …

Geochemical, microbiological, and molecular analyses of alkaline saline groundwater at 2.8
kilometers depth in Archaean metabasalt revealed a microbial biome dominated by a single …

A new generation of functional gene arrays (FGAs; GeoChip 3.0) has been developed, with
∼28 000 probes covering approximately 57 000 gene variants from 292 functional gene …

Understanding adaptation of biological communities to environmental change is a central
issue in ecology and evolution. Metagenomic analysis of a stressed groundwater microbial …