GROWTH OF DEEP-SEA BACTERIA ON HYDROCARBONS AT AMBIENT AND IN-SITU PRESSURE

Bacteria isolated at the mud-water interface 4940 meters in depth off the Florida coast were grown on n-tetradecane media as sole carbon source. The mixed bacterial culture degraded virtually all available hydrocarbon after 7 days' at 1 atm. and 96% of hydrocarbon at 495 atm., 28 days and 25 C. Individual isolates from the mixed culture did not utilize n-tetradecane, inducting potential synergistic relationship. Characterization of strains included Aeromonas, Pseudomonas and Vibrio sp.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, and published in Developments in Industrial Microbiology, Volume 15, Society for Industrial Microbiology, American Institute of Biological Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Maryland, College Park

  Department of Microbiology
  College Park, MD  United States  20742
• Authors:
  • Schwarz, J R
  • Walker, J D
  • Colwell, R R
• Publication Date: 1975-1-14

Media Info

• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biodeterioration; Energy consumption; Water quality management
• Old TRIS Terms: Hydrocarbon utilization
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00084639
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: University of Maryland, College Park
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: N00014-67A-0239-0027
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1975 12:00AM