Albert D. Venosa

TL;DR: PLFA analysis indicated that by week 14 the microbial community structures of the oiled plots were becoming similar to those of the unoiled controls from the same time point, but DGGE analysis suggested that major differences in the bacterial communities remained.

TL;DR: In this article, three crude oil bioremediation techniques were applied in a randomized block field experiment simulating a coastal oil spill, and the results of PLFA analysis demonstrated a community shift in all plots from primarily eukaryotic biomass to gram-negative bacterial biomass with time.

TL;DR: In the summer of 1994, a field study was undertaken in Delaware in which light crude oil was intentionally released onto plots to evaluate bioremediation as mentioned in this paper, and three treatments were evaluated: a no-nutrient addition control, adding of water-soluble nutrients, and addition of water soluble nutrients supplemented with a natural microbial inoculum from the site.

TL;DR: A most-probable-number (MPN) procedure was developed to separately enumerate aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon degrading bacteria, because most of the currently available methods are unable to distinguish between these two groups.

TL;DR: A summary of the various factors influencing weathering of oil after it has been released into the environment from a spill incident is given in this article, where special emphasis has been placed on biodegradation processes.