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Dr Scoma, Alberto
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Publications (21)
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Ghent University; Faculty of Bioscience Engineering; Department of Biotechnology; Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), more

Function: Postdoctoral staff

Integrated Biotechnological Solutions for Combating Marine Oil Spills, more

A1 Publications (15) [show]
Barbato, M.; Palma, E.; Marzocchi, U.; Viggi, C.C.; Rossetti, S.; Aulenta, F.; Scoma, A. (2022). Snorkels enhance alkanes respiration at ambient and increased hydrostatic pressure (10 MPa) by either supporting the TCA cycle or limiting alternative routes for acetyl-CoA metabolism. J. Environ. Manage. 316: 115244. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115244, more Aulenta, F.; Palma, E.; Marzocchi, U.; Viggi, C.C.; Rossetti, S.; Scoma, A. (2021). Enhanced hydrocarbons biodegradation at deep-sea hydrostatic pressure with microbial electrochemical snorkels. Catalysts 11(2): 263. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/catal11020263, more Barbato, M.; Scoma, A. (2020). Mild hydrostatic-pressure (15 MPa) affects the assembly, but not the growth, of oil-degrading coastal microbial communities tested under limiting conditions (5°C, no added nutrients). FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 96(11): fiaa160. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa160, more Marzocchi, U.; Palma, E.; Rossetti, S.; Aulenta, F.; Scoma, A. (2020). Parallel artificial and biological electric circuits power petroleum decontamination: the case of snorkel and cable bacteria. Wat. Res. 173: 115520. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115520, more Van Landuyt, J.; Cimmino, L.; Dumolin, C.; Chatzigiannidou, I.; Taveirne, F.; Mattelin, V.; Zhang, Y.; Vandamme, P.; Scoma, A.; Williamson, A.; Boon, N. (2020). Microbial enrichment, functional characterization and isolation from a cold seep yield piezotolerant obligate hydrocarbon degraders. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 96(9): fiaa097. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa097, more Scoma, A.; Heyer, R.; Rifai, R.; Dandyk, C.; Marshall, I.; Kerckhof, F.-M.; Marietou, A.; Boshker, H.T.S.; Meysman, F.J.R.; Malmos, K.G.; Vosegaard, T.; Vermeir, P.; Banat, I.M.; Benndorf, D.; Boon, N. (2019). Reduced TCA cycle rates at high hydrostatic pressure hinder hydrocarbon degradation and obligate oil degraders in natural, deep-sea microbial communities. ISME J. 13(4): 1004-1018. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0324-5, more Marietou, A.; Chastain, R.; Beulig, F.; Scoma, A.; Hazen, T.C.; Bartlett, D.H. (2018). Corrigendum: The effect of hydrostatic pressure on enrichments of hydrocarbon degrading microbes from the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Front. Microbiol. 9: 01050. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01050, more Marietou, A.; Chastain, R.; Beulig, F.; Scoma, A.; Hazen, T.C.; Bartlett, D.H. (2018). The effect of hydrostatic pressure on enrichments of hydrocarbon degrading microbes from the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Front. Microbiol. 9: 00808. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00808, more Scoma, A.; Yakimov, M.M.; Daffonchio, D.; Boon, N. (2017). Self-healing capacity of deep-sea ecosystems affected by petroleum hydrocarbons: understanding microbial oil degradation at hydrocarbon seeps is key to sustainable bioremediation protocols. Embo Reports 18(6): 868-872. https://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embr.201744090, more Scoma, A.; Coma, M.; Kerckhof, F.-M.; Boon, N.; Rabaey, K. (2017). Efficient molasses fermentation under high salinity by inocula of marine and terrestrial origin. Biotechnology for Biofuels 10: 17 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0701-8, more Barbato, M.; Scoma, A.; Mapelli, F.; De Smet, R.; Banat, I.M.; Daffonchio, D.; Boon, N.; Borin, S. (2016). Hydrocarbonoclastic Alcanivorax isolates exhibit different physiological and expression responses to n-dodecane. Front. Microbiol. 7: 14 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.02056, more Scoma, A.; Yakimov, M.M.; Boon, N. (2016). Challenging oil bioremediation at deep-sea hydrostatic pressure. Front. Microbiol. 7(1203): 8 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01203, more Scoma, A.; Barbato, M.; Hernandez-Sanabria, E.; Mapelli, F.; Daffonchio, D.; Borin, S.; Boon, N. (2016). Microbial oil-degradation under mild hydrostatic pressure (10 MPa): which pathways are impacted in piezosensitive hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria? NPG Scientific Reports 6: 23526. dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23526, more Scoma, A.; Barbato, M.; Borin, S.; Daffonchio, D.; Boon, N. (2016). An impaired metabolic response to hydrostatic pressure explains Alcanivorax borkumensis recorded distribution in the deep marine water column. NPG Scientific Reports 6(31316): 13 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep31316, more Scoma, A.; Boon, N. (2016). Osmotic stress confers enhanced cell integrity to hydrostatic pressure but impairs growth in Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2. Front. Microbiol. 7. dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00729, more
Abstracts (3) [show]
Scoma, A. (2017). The “Alcanivorax paradox”: mild hydrostatic pressure impacts deep-sea oil bioremediation, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 3 March 2017. VLIZ Special Publication, 79: pp. 127-129, more Scoma, A.; Rifai, R.; Hernandez-Sanabria, E.; Kerckhof, F.M.; Boon, N. (2015). Long-chain hydrocarbon degraders from deep-sea, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 115, more Scoma, A.; Vilchez-Vargas, R.; Barbato, M.; Mapelli, F.; Borin, S.; Daffonchio, D.; Boon, N. (2014). Microbial piezophysiology: which role for high pressure in oil degradation?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 94, more
Thesis (co-)promotor (3) [show]
Van Landuyt, J. (2023). Oil degrading bacteria at ambient and high pressure: from the ecology of a shipwreck to the bioaugmentation potential of synthetic communities. PhD Thesis. Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering: Gent. ISBN 978-94-6357-579-9. xvi, 214 + bijlagen pp., more Mattelin, V. (2019). Microbial oil degradation in the deep-sea. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 81 pp., more Rifai, R.M. (2015). Study of piezophillic Bacteria in biodegradation of Triacontane (C₃₀H₆₂). MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering: Gent. 83 pp., more