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Title: Short-term effects of South Louisiana and Kuwait crude oils on glucose utilization by marine bacterial populations

Abstract

Two crude oils, South Louisiana and Kuwait, were examined for their impact on glucose utilization by bacterial populations from the Gulf of Mexico. The uptake and mineralization of (U-/sup 14/C)glucose was assayed after a 4- to 23-h exposure to various concentrations of added crude oil (0, 0.001, 0.01, and 0.1% (vol/vol)). The effects of oil were determined in a total of 15 sediment and 13 water samples collected from offshore, open-bay, and salt marsh environments. The utilization of glucose by bacterial populations usually was not affected by added oil; in 10 sediment and 11 water samples, oil had no significant effect on either glucose uptake or mineralization. Stimulation by oil was recorded in four sediment samples. Oil inhibition occurred in one sediment and two water samples, but only in the presence of the highest concentration of added oil, i.e., 0.1%. Our data suggest that short-term exposure to either South Louisiana or Kuwait crude oil, even at 0.1%, usually has no toxic effect on glucose utilization by marine bacterial populations.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Texas A and M Univ., Galveston
OSTI Identifier:
6709878
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 40:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; 02 PETROLEUM; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; BACTERIA; SENSITIVITY; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; PETROLEUM; TOXICITY; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON 14 COMPOUNDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; MINERALIZATION; OIL SPILLS; POPULATIONS; SEDIMENTS; UPTAKE; WATER POLLUTION; ALDEHYDES; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY SOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; HEXOSES; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MICROORGANISMS; MONOSACCHARIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; SACCHARIDES; 560301* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Cells- (-1987); 020900 - Petroleum- Environmental Aspects; 550701 - Microbiology- Tracer Techniques

Citation Formats

Alexander, S K, and Schwarz, J R. Short-term effects of South Louisiana and Kuwait crude oils on glucose utilization by marine bacterial populations. United States: N. p., 1980. Web.
Alexander, S K, & Schwarz, J R. Short-term effects of South Louisiana and Kuwait crude oils on glucose utilization by marine bacterial populations. United States.
Alexander, S K, and Schwarz, J R. 1980. "Short-term effects of South Louisiana and Kuwait crude oils on glucose utilization by marine bacterial populations". United States.
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title = {Short-term effects of South Louisiana and Kuwait crude oils on glucose utilization by marine bacterial populations},
author = {Alexander, S K and Schwarz, J R},
abstractNote = {Two crude oils, South Louisiana and Kuwait, were examined for their impact on glucose utilization by bacterial populations from the Gulf of Mexico. The uptake and mineralization of (U-/sup 14/C)glucose was assayed after a 4- to 23-h exposure to various concentrations of added crude oil (0, 0.001, 0.01, and 0.1% (vol/vol)). The effects of oil were determined in a total of 15 sediment and 13 water samples collected from offshore, open-bay, and salt marsh environments. The utilization of glucose by bacterial populations usually was not affected by added oil; in 10 sediment and 11 water samples, oil had no significant effect on either glucose uptake or mineralization. Stimulation by oil was recorded in four sediment samples. Oil inhibition occurred in one sediment and two water samples, but only in the presence of the highest concentration of added oil, i.e., 0.1%. Our data suggest that short-term exposure to either South Louisiana or Kuwait crude oil, even at 0.1%, usually has no toxic effect on glucose utilization by marine bacterial populations.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6709878}, journal = {Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; (United States)},
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volume = 40:2,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980},
month = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980}
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