Effect of Estuarine Sediment pH and Oxidation-Reduction Potential on Microbial Hydrocarbon Degradation
AUTOR(ES)
Hambrick, Gordon A.
RESUMO
Microbial mineralization rates of two petroleum hydrocarbons, as affected by pH and oxidation-reduction potential, were determined in a Barataria Bay, Louisiana, sediment using 14C-labeled hydrocarbons. Hydrocarbon mineralization rates were inferred from the activity of respired 14CO2. Sediment pH and oxidation-reduction potential were important factors in governing the population of hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms in the sediment and subsequent mineralization rates. Highest mineralization rates occurred at pH 8.0, and the lowest occurred at pH 5.0. At all pH levels mineralization decreased with decreasing oxidation-reduction potential (i.e., increasing sediment anaerobiosis). Generally, mineralization rates for octadecane were greater than those for naphthalene. Aerobic microorganisms in the oxidized sediment were more capable of degrading hydrocarbons than anaerobic microorganisms in reduced sediment of the same pH.
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