Degradation of oil by bacteria from terrestrial environments from contaminated and uncontaminated sites in the Windmill Islands

• Other Authors: SNAPE, IAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), STALLWOOD, BETHAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), STALLWOOD, BETHAN (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; environment; imageryBaseMapsEarthCover; planningCadastre; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MUTATION RATES; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; BACTERIA/ARCHAEA; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT; OIL SPILLS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS; ISLANDS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; CATABOLIC GENES; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; OIL BIOREMEDIATION; NOT APPLICABLE; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Casey; Wilkes; Wilkes Tip; Thala Valley; Old Casey; Browning Peninsula; Herring Island; Hollin Island; Holl Island; Mitchell Peninsula; Moraine Line; Jack's Donga; ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Windmill Islands; Browning; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/degradation-oil-bacteria-windmill-islands/699624; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1228_Terrestrial; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Bacteria were isolated at 4 degrees C, with oil as their sole carbon and energy source, from the soils collected at the locations below. Many of the bacteria will be identified using 16S rRNA analysis, as well as by tradational taxonomic methods. The degradation pathways and the genes involved in the bioremediation of oil will be determined for these bacteria. This can potentially be used to speed up the rate of bioremediation at low temperatures. The differences in the community structures between oil-contaminated and pristine sites around the Windmill Islands will also be determined. 2005-05-30 Unfortunately all samples were lost when an incubator malfunctioned. No data were collected from this project.