Benzo[a]pyrene biodegradation culture assays with microbial isolates from oil-contaminated sediment collected from Gulf of Mexico on 2018-05-07

Biodegradation assays with benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) were conducted in the presence of a consortium of microbes isolated from oil-contaminated sediment. Sediments were collected from the Gulf of Mexico (29.895448 N 88.827780 W) on 2018-05-07. Data includes high throughput sequencing data demonstrating the changes to the individual microbial isolates as a result of BaP contamination.