Effect of inoculation on the biodegradation of wathered Prudhoe Bay crude oil |
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Authors: | James G Mueller Sol M Resnick Michael E Shelton Parmely H Pritchard |
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Institution: | (1) Technical Resources, Inc., US EPA Environmental Research Laboratory, Sabine Island, Gulf Breeze, FL, USA;(2) US Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA Environmental Research Laboratory, Sabine Island, Gulf Breeze, FL, USA;(3) Enironmental Research Laboratory, SBP Technologies, Inc., US EPA, Sabine Island, 32561-3999 Gulf Breeze, FL, USA;(4) Present address: Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, 52246 Iowa City, IA, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Enrichment cultures from oil-contaminated beach material from Prince William Sound, Alaska, generated both a mixed bacterial community of indigenous, oil-degrading marine microorganisms and a pure culture oil-degrader, strain EI2V. The mixed and axenic cultures were used in comparative shake flask studies of inoculation on biodegradation of Prudhoe Bay crude oil. Within 12 h following inoculation of homogenized, oiled beach material with the mixed culture, total CO2 production was increased 2-fold relative to a noninoculated control. Moreover, measurements of phenanthrene degradation (as determined by the release of14CO2 from 9-14C]phenanthrene) showed a 2-or 3-fold greater degradation when inoculated with either strain EI2V or with the mixed culture, respectively. However, as medium was replaced by a simulated tidal cycle, the observed stimulation of CO2 production decreased, and the addition of strain EI2V had no greater effect on total CO2 production than the addition of inorganic nutrients alone. Chemical analysis of oil recovered after 7 days incubation also suggested that, while these cultures are capable of efficient biodegradation of Prudhoe Bay crude in liquid culture, inoculation of beach material with high numbers of these microorganisms had little effect on the rate and extent of biodegradation of weathered crude oil. Overall, the sustained stimulatory effect was no greater than that observed with the addition of inorganic nutrients alone. |
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Keywords: | Bioremediation Inoculation Prudhoe Bay crude oil |
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