Effect of a Chemical Dispersant on Microbial Utilization of Petroleum Hydrocarbons

RW Traxler; LS Bhattachatya

doi:10.1520/STP35719S

SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1978

STP35719S

Effect of a Chemical Dispersant on Microbial Utilization of Petroleum Hydrocarbons

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The dispersant Corexit 9527 was found to enhance bacterial metabolism of Kuwait and South Louisiana crude oils as well as pure hydrocarbons in nonmechanically agitated seawater systems.

Oxygen depletion, measured by a modification of the Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) method, was used to determine the rate of substrate and mixed substrates oxidation by raw seawater populations of bacteria. This method demonstrated significantly increased oxidation of crude oil treated with dispersants. Mineralization studies, with ¹⁴C labeled hydrocarbon, substantiated the BOD results and also indicated that alkanes were metabolized prior to aromatic components in crude oils.

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Traxler, RW

Plant Pathology-Entomology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R. I.

Bhattachatya, LS

Plant Pathology-Entomology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R. I.

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Developed by Committee: F20

Pages: 180–187

DOI: 10.1520/STP35719S

ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4728-7

ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0299-6

Effect of a Chemical Dispersant on Microbial Utilization of Petroleum Hydrocarbons

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