Life in oil: Hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial mineralization in oil spill-polluted marine environment

Tazaki, Kazue; Chaerun, Siti Khodijah

doi:10.1007/s11706-008-0022-8

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“…The results of XRD and SEM-EDS support this observation, as shown in Figure 8. Various kinds of microorganisms associated with oil, such as Methanococci, Archaeoglobi, Phylum Thaumarchaeota, Geoglobus ahangari, and Archaeoglobus fulgidus have been found [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Several of our previous works have articulated the data obtained in the present results.…”

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“…We have reported on the bioremediation of coastal areas from 1997 to 2017 after the Nakhodka oil spill accident, such as the characterization of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria, alkane-degrading bacteria, interactions between clay minerals and hydrocarbon-utilizing indigenous microorganisms, paraffin formation by hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria, bacterial mineralization, and the bioavailability of kaolinite. This is possible because the microorganisms in the heavy oil and soils produces oxalic acids and many other acids and enzymes, pockmarking rock and sequestering calcium and other minerals to form calcium oxalates [1,6,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”

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“…The impact of the Nakhodka oil spill resulted in a viscous sticky fluid fouling the shores and affecting natural ecosystems. Weathering by hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria (genus Pseudomonas) and crystallized organic compounds were observed from the oil spill-polluted seashores after nine Various kinds of microorganisms associated with oil, such as Methanococci, Archaeoglobi, Phylum Thaumarchaeota, Geoglobus ahangari, and Archaeoglobus fulgidus have been found [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Several of our previous works have articulated the data obtained in the present results.…”

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Twenty Years after the Nakhodka Oil Spill Accident in the Sea of Japan, How Has Contamination Changed?

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The Nakhodka, a Russian tanker loaded with 19,000 kL of C-type heavy oil, was broken up into sections and submerged off Oki Island, Shimane Prefecture, Japan on 2 January 1997. The bow, after drifting for four days, was wrecked off Anto, Sakai City (Mikuni), Fukui Prefecture, threatening the environment throughout the various shores of Ishikawa Prefecture. The accident, caused by a heavy oil spill of 6200 kL, created serious environmental problems along the shores of Hokuriku District. We report the characterization of C-type heavy oil 20 years after the accident at the Atake seashore, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the Sea of Japan, based on observations in the field on 18 January 2017. We studied the microstructure, mineralogy, chemical composition, and radioactivity associated with microorganisms in the soils, and buried fishing nets and ropes that were contaminated with C-type heavy oil from this spill. The analyses used a combination of micro techniques, analytical data based on a CHN analyzer, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), and two kinds of scanning electron microscopy equipped with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria, paraffin wax, cristobalite, graphite, calcite, halite, and biotite from the Nakhodka oil spill were recognized on the surface of ropes and in the soil of the polluted seashores after 20 years. The chemical compositions indicated that high concentrations of C, O, Na, Al, Si, P, S, Ca, Fe, Cl, Sr, and Pb were predominantly indigenous to the Nakhodka oil spill. In the XRD analysis of the oil-contaminated soils on the rope at the Atake seashore indicated paraffin wax, graphite, sulfate, calcite and halite refractions with clay minerals, after 20 years. To date, no report has described the results of electron microscopy observations, such as Micrococcus bacillus and filamentous fungi, found in oil-contaminated soils after 20 years. In this research, such observations are introduced as "bioremediation" by hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria, graphite, and paraffin wax. On 18 January 2017, the reflection of graphite, paraffin wax, sulfur, calcite, and halite with clay minerals confirmed the occurrence of bioremediation. Many kinds of hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms-such as filamentous fungi-were found in oil-contaminated soils after 20 years. We have used SEM-EDS to show semi-permanent bioremediation and biomineralization processes after 20 years.

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“…The authors suggested that clay minerals were protecting microbes from the toxic effects of high hydrocarbons concentrations, and acted as natural buffers maintaining favourable pH values and supporting materials for microbial growth and biodegradation [320]. As was also proposed by Tazaki and Chaerun (2008), the formation of C-O-Na-Si complexes on the surfaces of bacterial cell walls may stimulate growth of oil-degrading bacteria in seawater contaminated with the "Nakhodka" oil spill [322]. Warr et al (2016) tested ex situ the effect of the addition of industrial clays (Ca-bentonite, Fuller's Earth and kaolin), both unfertilized and fertilized (e.g., with sources of N and P), on the process of microbial biodegradation of oil samples from water contaminated in the Deepwater Horizon accident in 2010 at the Gulf of Mexico [321].…”

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Microbial Interaction with Clay Minerals and Its Environmental and Biotechnological Implications

2020

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Clay minerals are very common in nature and highly reactive minerals which are typical products of the weathering of the most abundant silicate minerals on the planet. Over recent decades there has been growing appreciation that the prime involvement of clay minerals in the geochemical cycling of elements and pedosphere genesis should take into account the biogeochemical activity of microorganisms. Microbial intimate interaction with clay minerals, that has taken place on Earth’s surface in a geological time-scale, represents a complex co-evolving system which is challenging to comprehend because of fragmented information and requires coordinated efforts from both clay scientists and microbiologists. This review covers some important aspects of the interactions of clay minerals with microorganisms at the different levels of complexity, starting from organic molecules, individual and aggregated microbial cells, fungal and bacterial symbioses with photosynthetic organisms, pedosphere, up to environmental and biotechnological implications. The review attempts to systematize our current general understanding of the processes of biogeochemical transformation of clay minerals by microorganisms. This paper also highlights some microbiological and biotechnological perspectives of the practical application of clay minerals–microbes interactions not only in microbial bioremediation and biodegradation of pollutants but also in areas related to agronomy and human and animal health.

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“…Bacteria consume present contaminants in the water and convert them to nontoxic metabolites. [6][7][8] Seaweeds are extremely efficient biosorbents with the ability to bind various metals from aqueous effluents. [2,9] Natural zeolite taken from Slovakia is famous for its excellent ion-exchange and sorption properties.…”

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The Spectrofluorometric Monitoring of Water Purification by Natural Alternatives

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Aim: Determination of efficiency of zeolite and hydrolytic enzymes isolated from earthworms in water purification.Methods: The autofluorescence of water was investigated by fluorescence excitation-emission matrix. The purification of water was carried out with natural zeolite and hydrolytic enzymes isolated from earthworms. These methods were applied to samples that contain ciliates that were detected with atomic force spectroscopy.Results: The zeolite removed ammonia and partly eliminated some organic compounds. The hydrolytic enzymes were efficient in biodegrading organic compounds present in water.Conclusion: Zeolite and enzymes are applicable in water purification.

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Life in oil: Hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial mineralization in oil spill-polluted marine environment

Cited by 9 publications

References 24 publications

Twenty Years after the Nakhodka Oil Spill Accident in the Sea of Japan, How Has Contamination Changed?

Twenty Years after the Nakhodka Oil Spill Accident in the Sea of Japan, How Has Contamination Changed?

Microbial Interaction with Clay Minerals and Its Environmental and Biotechnological Implications

The Spectrofluorometric Monitoring of Water Purification by Natural Alternatives

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