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From Surface Water to the Deep Sea: A Review on Factors Affecting the Biodegradation of Spilled Oil in Marine Environment

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Over the past century, the demand for petroleum products has increased rapidly, leading to higher oil extraction, processing and transportation, which result in numerous oil spills in coastal-marine environments. As the spilled oil can negatively affect the coastal-marine ecosystems, its transport and fates captured a significant interest of the scientific community and regulatory agencies. Typically, the environment has natural mechanisms (e.g., photooxidation, biodegradation, evaporation) to weather/degrade and remove the spilled oil from the environment. Among various oil weathering mechanisms, biodegradation by naturally occurring bacterial populations removes a majority of spilled oil, thus the focus on bioremediation has increased significantly. Helping in the marginal recognition of this promising technique for oil-spill degradation, this paper reviews recently published articles that will help broaden the understanding of the factors affecting biodegradation of spilled oil in coastal-marine environments. The goal of this review is to examine the effects of various environmental variables that contribute to oil degradation in the coastal-marine environments, as well as the factors that influence these processes. Physico-chemical parameters such as temperature, oxygen level, pressure, shoreline energy, salinity, and pH are taken into account. In general, increase in temperature, exposure to sunlight (photooxidation), dissolved oxygen (DO), nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium), shoreline energy (physical advection—waves) and diverse hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms consortium were found to increase spilled oil degradation in marine environments. In contrast, higher initial oil concentration and seawater pressure can lower oil degradation rates. There is limited information on the influences of seawater pH and salinity on oil degradation, thus warranting additional research. This comprehensive review can be used as a guide for bioremediation modeling and mitigating future oil spill pollution in the marine environment by utilizing the bacteria adapted to certain conditions.

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  • Oil spills in cold marine environments often involve Oleispira, an obligate alkane-degrading psychrophile that outperforms Alcanivorax spp. in temperate conditions and makes up 90% of the global microbial community.

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    The section labeled “NS NS NS” describes Oleispira antarctica as a hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from Antarctic coastal seawater, supporting its association with a cold marine environment. It does not establish that Oleispira is an obligate alkane-degrading psychrophile, outperforms Alcanivorax in temperate conditions, or constitutes 90% of the global microbial community; searches for those terms found no supporting passage. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Bacosa, H. P., Ancla, S. M. B., Arcadio, C. G. L. A., Dalogdog, J. R. A., Ellos, D. M. C., Hayag, H. D. A., Jarabe, J. G. P., Karim, A. J. T., Navarro, C. K. P., Palma, M. P. I., Romarate, R. A., Similatan, K. M., Tangkion, J. A. B., Yurong, S. N. A., Mabuhay-Omar, J. A., Inoue, C., & Adhikari, P. L.
Affiliations
  • Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology (PH)
  • Western Philippines University-Puerto Princesa (PH)
  • Tohoku University (JP)
  • Florida Gulf Coast University (US)
Corresponding author
Bacosa, Hernando Pactao
Venue
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-03-15
Volume
10
Issue
3
Pages
426
ISSN
2077-1312 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4220790217
Cited by
95
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FWCI
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Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
Keywords
marine oil spills, bioremediation, oil weathering, photooxidation, dissolved oxygen, temperature effects, salinity, seawater pH, hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria, nutrients, seawater pressure

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