Biotransformation of BP Oil Spill Using Hydrocarbon-Utilizing Marine Microbes
Implementing Organization
Alabama State University
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$15,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
Funding Program
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative GoMRI Grant Program
Details
Project Category
Science
Project Actions
Chemical Aspects Research
Targeted Resources
Human and/or Institutional Capacity
Project Description
Recent studies suggest that microbial communities played important roles in the degradation of oil discharged from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead. Specifically, DNA sequences collected from the oil plume showed a predominance of one phylogenetic Order of Bacteria: the Oceanospirillales, and an increase in hydrocarbon degrading genes compared to control sites (Hazen et al. 2010. Deep-sea oil plume enriches indigenous oil-degrading bacteria. Science 330:204-208).
Contact
B. K. Robertson334-229-4423
bkr033@msn.com
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Project Partners
None
Affiliated Institutions
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