Mangrove bacterial diversity and the impact of oil contamination revealed by pyrosequencing: Bacterial proxies for oil pollution

Henrique Fragoso Dos Santos, Juliano Carvalho Cury, Flavia Lima do Carmo, Adriana Lopes dos Santos, James Tiedje, Jan Dirk van Elsas, Alexandre Soares Rosado, Raquel Silva Peixoto

Abstract

Mangroves are transitional coastal ecosystems in tropical and sub-tropical regions and represent biologically important and productive ecosystems. Despite their great ecological and economic importance, mangroves are often situated in areas of high anthropogenic influence, being exposed to pollutants, such as those released by oil spills.