Oiling effects on sulfate-reducing bacterial communities in coastal marine sediment microcosms, based on samples collected at Chandeleur Island, Louisiana (2016) and Estero Bay, Florida (2013, 2015)

This collection of datasets is generated from high-throughput rRNA gene sequencing of dissimilatory (bi)sulfite reductase (dsrB) gene of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) and 16S rRNA gene of the total microbial community. A sediment microcosm was prepared to study how the addition of water-accommodated fractions (WAF) of crude oil affect the sediment microbial community. We hypothesize that the addition of hydrocarbons will decrease oxygen concentrations in favor of anaerobic degradation, and sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) group may increase its abundance. Research background and DNA sequence data can be accessed at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) under accession number PRJNA631345.