Characteristics of Marine Self-Purifying Processes by Oil Oxidizing Microorganisms in the Accident Area of the Tanker in the Kerch Strait
Associations of hydrocarbon oxidizing microorganisms isolated from water and bottom sediments in the Kerch Strait where oil spill had occurred in November, 2007 were characterized and their taxonomic status was determined. Changes were shown in quantitative parameters of hydrocarbon oxidizing bacteriocenoses in the region of the accident and in the adjoining areas as well.