Characteristics of the Prokaryotic Community in Arctic and Antarctic Soils Polluted with Petroleum Hydrocarbonsстатья
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Аннотация:Polar soils and soil-like bodies (soloids) contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons were studied
using molecular biological (FISH, metabarcoding) and analytical methods. The objects of this study
included prokaryotic communities of soloids of the Larsemann Hills Oasis in East Antarctica and of mucky
and peaty gleyzems in the Eastern sector of Russian Arctic. The abundance of prokaryotes in the Eastern Arctic
soil samples exceeded that in the Antarctic soloids by an order of magnitude; however, molecular genetic
analysis revealed a greater number of bacterial genera potentially capable of oxidizing oil and oil products in
the Antarctic soloids than in the Arctic soils. An inverse correlation (r = –0.91) was established between the
amount of remaining petroleum hydrocarbons and the expression level of the functional alkB gene. The rate
of utilization of petroleum hydrocarbons in the group of Antarctic soloids was higher than that in the Arctic
soils. For each study area, the most resistant to oil pollution representatives of the bacterial community were
identified. For Arctic soils, they included Pseudomonadota (Pseudomonas, Rudosibacter, Rhizomicrobium)
and Actinomycetota (Nocardioides, Mycobacterium); for Antarctic soloids—Pseudomonadota (Marinobacter,
Pseudomonas) and Bacteroidota (Sediminibacter, Gillisia). The obtained results on the abundance and taxonomic
diversity of the prokaryotic community of the studied polar territories can be useful for developing efficient
bioremediation strategies for oil-polluted areas.