Abstract:

To determine: the prevalence of dioxygenase genes in the DH microbial community at sea and along the Mississippi shorelines. the involvement of Vibrio spp. in the microbial response to oil and dispersant the effect of the oil/dispersant mixture and dispersant alone on heterotrophic microbial activity in surface waters. Also to show that baseline bacterial production rates in untreated control incubations were lower than bacterial production rates through 2008 and 2009