Hexadecane mineralization activity in hydrocarbon-contaminated soils of Ross Sea region Antarctica may require nutrients and inoculation

• Published in: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
• Main Authors: Aislabie, Jackie M., Ryburn, Janine, Gutierrez-Zamora, Maria-Luisa, Rhodes, Phillipa, Hunter, David, Sarmah, Ajit K., Barker, Gary M., Farrell, Roberta L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2012
• Subjects: enhancing alkane mineralization; soil bacterial diversity; nitrogen; alkane degraders in soil as inoculum; Antarctica; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Vanda; Scott Base; Wright Valley; Cape Evans; Marble Point; Bull Pass; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/5971; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.10.001

Hydrocarbon spills on Antarctic soils occur mainly near settlements where fuel is stored and aircraft and vehicles are refuelled. To investigate those factors that may preclude hexadecane mineralization activity in long-term hydrocarbon-contaminated soils from the Ross Sea Region, samples were colle...