Hydrocarbon degradation by Antarctic coastal bacteria

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Cavanagh, JE, Nichols, PD, Franzmann, PD, McMeekin, TA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Univ Press 1998
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology); Antarctic; East Antarctica; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Organic Lake; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102098000479; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/13312

Bacterial cultures obtained through selective enrichment of beach sand collected 60 days and one year after treatment of sites in a pilot oil spill trial conducted at Airport Beach, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica, were examined for the ability to degrade n-alkanes and phenanthrene. The effects of d...