Biotreatability studies of oil-contaminated soils from Antarctica

• Main Author: Jimenez, Maria-Luisa Gutierrez-Zamora
• Other Authors: Farrell, Roberta L., Aislabie, Jackie M.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Waikato 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bull Pass; Marble Point; Ross Sea; Scott Base; The Antarctic; Wright Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12839

Human activity in Antarctica has resulted in accidental fuel spills on soils. These are broadly damaging to the Antarctic ecosystem, and expensive to clean up completely by physical removal, therefore, alternative remediation techniques, like bioremediation, are required. Hydrocarbon-degrading bacte...