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Hydrocarbon Degraders as Pathogens

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Health Consequences of Microbial Interactions with Hydrocarbons, Oils, and Lipids

Part of the book series: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology ((HHLM))

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Abstract

Among the microorganisms isolated from soil and aquatic environments that are able to degrade hydrocarbons, it is not infrequent to find species that can be pathogenic for humans, animals, or plants. In most cases, these microorganisms are opportunistic pathogens, that is, species that can infect only debilitated individuals who have a previous disease or are immunocompromised. Several opportunistic pathogens can thrive in many different habitats, a eukaryotic host being just one of them. Certain specialized pathogens, for which the main way of life is to infect a host, can degrade hydrocarbons as well. In addition to the scientific interest of these findings, the success of pathogenic strains in oil-contaminated environments poses some concerns when it comes to implementing bioremediation strategies for treating oil spills or polluted sites. This chapter analyzes the possible reasons as to why several pathogenic bacteria are efficient hydrocarbon degraders.

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Work in author’s labs was funded by grants BIO2015-66203-P and BIO2017-83128-R (AEI/FEDER, EU), from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spanish Network for Research on Infectious Diseases [RD16/0016/0011]) and from the Autonomous Community of Madrid (B2017/BMD-3691).

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Rojo, F., Martínez, J.L. (2020). Hydrocarbon Degraders as Pathogens. In: Goldfine, H. (eds) Health Consequences of Microbial Interactions with Hydrocarbons, Oils, and Lipids. Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15147-8_22

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