Hydrocarbon plume biodegradation at deep sea conditions by indigenous microbial consortia, via a novel high-pressure experimentation system

In this work, we present a novel deep-sea sampling system for high-pressure seawater sampling and experimentation which has been successfully used to emulate a deep-sea oil spill. A high-pressure sampling device (HP-Sampler), equipped with a unidirectional check valve, is set to retrieve seawater at a specific depth range and maintain pressure during retrieval.

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